Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/21

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Subject: Re: [Leica] RE: thin vs. fat tele-elmarit designation
From: John Collier <jbcollier@home.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 00:22:17 -0700

My thin 90mm f2.8 Tele-Elmarit 1913 - 1983 serial number 3201673 is marked
TELE - ELMARIT - M on the front of the lens.

End serious comments.

I have noticed that if you black out the "-M", the contrast wide open
plummets!* Perhaps you should have the "-M" engraved on your lens? ;-) ;-)

John Collier   ;-)   ;-)

*alternate smart a** remarks: .......a fungus suddenly starts growing!
.......the rear element starts separating! .......I get lucky!

Sorry for all the above but my two year old fruit of my looms was up four
times last night.
                   
> From: Howard Davis <HDavis@slcearch.com>
> 
> Is the "M" designation for the thin tele-elmarit on the lens itself?  The
> fat and thin lenses that I examined both appeared to have "Tele-Elmarit"
> only, on them. Am I looking in the wrong place?
> 
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>> Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 11:09:01 -0800
>> From: Paul Chefurka <Paul_Chefurka@pmc-sierra.com>
>> Subject: RE: [Leica] tele-elmarit 90
>> 
>> That's "fat" (T-E) vs. "thin" (T-E-M).
>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Howard Davis [mailto:HDavis@slcearch.com]
>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 4:47 PM
>>> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>>> Subject: RE: [Leica] tele-elmarit 90
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I noticed, in Erwin Put's "Leica Papers" reference to Tele-Elmarit vs.
>>> Tele-Elmarit-M. Is he referring to "Fat" vs. "Thin"? Or, is this a
>>> distinction between two versions of the "Thin" design?
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