Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Raimo - If you have the book in front of you - what is the weight of the 75? > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Raimo > Korhonen > Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 1999 1:40 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] some 90 mm lenses - and most used > > > My Handbook of the Leica System says that the 90mm Summicron weighs 475g, > the Elmarit 410g and Rogliatti´s book gives the weight of the thin > Tele-Elmarit as 220g. > Maybe the current Elmarit is the best, I have no personal experience of it > but the Summicron is demonstrably better at f:2.0. When the late, lamented > Modern Photography magazine tested a bunch of Leica lenses in March 1986 > the 90mm Summicron got nothing but "excellent" - center and edge, all > apertures ( BTW the same as 75mm Summilux) - and high contrast. > So maybe the current Elmarit is best - or the new APO-Summicron is really > the best - but "excellent" really does suffice for me. > And so now you all can guess that my most used lens is the 90mm Summicron. > All the best! > Raimo > Photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen > ---------- > > > Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 12:53:15 -0700 > > From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net> > > Subject: Re: [Leica] flare with 90 mm lenses > > > > Raimo Korhonen wrote: > > > > > > I apologize for being so imprecise. My Summicron 90mm is from 1984 so > > > non-APO. The Tele-Elmarit was of 1976-78 vintage and "thin" version. > The > > > current Elmarit 90mm which is optically similar to the R version of > same is > > > reputedly a very fine lens indeed but it is only 65g lighter than the > > > Summicron. The thin Tele-Elmarit is 255g lighter than the Summicron. > > > All the best! > > > Raimo > > > Photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen > > > > > > ---------- > > > From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net> > > > Subject: Re: [Leica] flare with 90 mm lenses > > > > Not that much lighter but quite a bit thinner and newer and according to > > Erwin, better. > > Mark Rabiner > >