Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The size and weight of the lens is acceptable when I need the speed and performance. I am not a lens tester, but the performance is certainly above the Elmarit 90, which itself is a fine lens. In my subjective experience, the new APO at f2.0 seems to deliver better image quality then the Elmarit at 2.8. - --Jim - -----Original Message----- From: Mark Rabiner [mailto:mrabiner@concentric.net] Sent: Monday, August 23, 1999 3:56 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] the new 90/2 M Jim Laurel wrote: > > Dan, if you can afford it and can find one for sale, buy it. I've had mine > for a couple of months now, and it is wonderful. I also shoot with the > Elmarit 90 (primarily on my CL), and the weight and size of the new APO 90 > seems to help dampen camera shake. > So the size of the lens is not a put off and you feel like your image quality has gone up? I'm thinking of doing the same thing but am hoping the added weight would be worth it. All signs point to it being the greatest lens in the history of glass but we have no were to go but down on those kinds of expectations. Mark Rabiner