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Subject: RE: [Leica] RE: 90mm M Lens
From: "Felix Erazo" <ferazo2000@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 12:47:21 -0500

Hey Fellows, Thanks for your inputs, I'm leaning towards the telelmarit.
Felix

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From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Bill
Satterfield
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 8:47 AM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] RE: 90mm M Lens

I too have both of these lens. The TE is a gem and is easier to carry 
around when shooting on the street. It is tack sharp in my opinion, 
light weight ,sharp and compact. I rarely use the other one, bought new 
and looks it.                    

tlianza wrote:

>Hi all
>
>I have the skinny tele elemarit and the pre aspheric 90 f/2 both used.
I
>heard a number of horry storries about the elmarit, but I make up my
own
>mind by taking pictures with the lenses.  I am going to keep the
elmarit and
>sell the summicron.  From all that I have read the summicron is a
"better"
>lens than the older tele elmarit, but in my experience using the lenses
buy
>taking the same image (Camera on tripod) in sequence throughout
aperture, I
>just liked the look that the tele elmarit rendered.  In actual use, I
found
>the TE much easier to hold than the Summicron and it travels much
better.  I
>tried a friends and 75mm Summilux and that was a very expensive
mistake....I
>bought one within a week of trying it.  That lens is a gem, but the
>viewfinder on the .72 can be a challenge.  Under any circumstances, I
would
>not use a 90 on the .58 body without buying the eypiece magnifier.  I
have
>had trouble focusing on a .72 body.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>
>Tom Lianza
>Technical Director
>Sequel Imaging Inc.
>25 Nashua Rd.
>Londonderry, NH 03053
>tlianza@sequelimaging.com
>
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