Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"Greg.Chappell@nationsbank.com" wrote: > > I also have the first version (fat) tele-Elmarit. I found it in almost mint > & the handling is so much nicer, at least for me, than the current > elmarit-m. I like the fact it takes the SAME filters as my 50 and 35 > summicrons, to. > > Greg Chappell ><snip>ubject: Re: [Leica] Leica Users digest V10 #66 > > I have the first version of the Tele-Elmarit. Ilike it. > Still, the second (thin) version is smaller. lighter, and more compact. > > Mike Quinn > > ---------- > Joel Web wrote: > > After much reading I am looking at the > > Tele-Elmarit f/2.8 first version (for its compact size) or a Summicron f/2 > > second version. Any comments or suggestions from the list would be > > appreciated. My version was I think the thin and it had no contrast and was flare ridden. I inspected it intensely for etching in the elements but it appeared to be clear. Having spent a half a grand on a Leica M lens it took me a long time to realize that I was in trouble and needed to unload it. (a year) The not small current Elmarit (frog noise) has givin me quality that I could not get previously with my Nikons and of course the difference between it and the Tele-Elmarit was day and night. As we go over this monthly it appears I might have gotten a bum lens but a half dozen people here on the list have had similar luck. But then again another half dozen love the little &^%$#. So what are you gonna do? Mark Rabiner