Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Relax, it happens to everyone. The serial no. indicates a 1968 allocation which would be the "fat" lens. The "thin" version is VERY thin. Optically you are better off with the latest Elmarit - M. > From: Robert Appleby and Sue Darlow <laintal@tin.it> > > well, I never thought I'd be doing it but here goes: > I'm renting a second hand lens from a shop here for a shoot, and I'm > curious to know what it is i've got: a Tele-Elmarit 90/2.8 #2257612 with 90 > engraved in small white numbers to the right of the DOF scale. Is this fat, > thin, when was it made? It's close to mint. I'm curious because the shop is > selling it for around US$900, which seems a lot to me for such a lens, > given the price of the new Elmarit-M. Maybe it has some collectability > significance? More likely the stupid prices of leica gear, even secondhand, > in Italy. > Thanks for any info. I won't be buying it whatever! >