Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/08

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Tele-Elmarit
From: Phil Marcus <pmarcus@swbell.net>
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2002 23:10:26 -0600
References: <B85D3E28.17F83%jbcollier@powersurfr.com>

Mine was the same.  Particularily at wide apertures.  Sent it to Sherry.
She degunkified it.  Now it's sharp with no flare.

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "John Collier" <jbcollier@powersurfr.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 12:35 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Tele-Elmarit


> All I can say is that this lens must suffer from significant sample
> variation. My brand new one had troubles with flare. Heck, it would even
> flare if there were light tones in the photo! I sold it and bought the
> 90/2.8 Elmarit which I later traded up to a 90/2AA. Both these lenses are
> stunning performers.
>
> John Collier
>
> > From: Marc Attinasi <marc@attinasi.org>
> >
> > The 90mm Tele-Elmarit rocks!  Don't let anyone tell you otherwise; it is
> > an amazing performer and incredibly compact. Not to mention
inexpensive...
> >
> > Who cares if such-and-such a 90mm is better? The 90 TE is capaple of
> > taking great pictures and it is a joy to handle. If you get a lot of
> > money later, get a super 90mm APO Aspheric monster and compare them -
> > you may want to keep both as they suit different purposes.
>
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