Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/10

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Subject: Re: [Leica] In defense of my (fat) Tele-Elmarit
From: "Tim Spragens" <info@borderless-photos.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 12:12:01 +0100

On 10 Feb 2001, at 2:00, Mark Rabiner wrote:

> I thought mine was fat.
> But you may be right.
> One version was OK and the other was not?
> Was that the consensus?

The skinny is said to be flare prone, if it gets the fungus you may 
as well use it for a paper weight, as the rear element is fixed, very 
pocketable and has acceptable sharpness.

What is the scoop on the fat one? I've only used the skinny.