Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/07

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Subject: Re: [Leica] smallest Leica lens
From: Dante Stella <dstella1@ameritech.net>
Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2002 19:35:11 -0500

28 Kobalux is the flattest.

> 40mm Rokkor and Summicron and 25mm CV might be flatter if that matters  Mark
> 
>> From: Feliciano di Giorgio <feli@d2.com>
>> Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>> Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2002 15:49:59 -0800
>> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] smallest Leica lens
>> 
>> Henry Ting wrote:
>>> 
>>> I'm thinking of getting the 50mm Elarmit collapsible
>>> lens.
>>> could someone using this lens comment on its
>>> performance ? I know it cannot match the 50mm cron and
>>> one stop slower, but other than that can I comfortably
>>> enlarge prints to 11 * 17?
>> 
>> I've blown up shots from my 1945 50/3.5 to 11x14 and they looked great.
>> The new Elmar 50/2.8, which is sharper and has more contrast, supposedly
>> trails only slightly behind the Summicron in performance, but a lot of
>> people
>> like the Elmar's fingerprint. I sure like it's size compared to my DR.
>> 
>> feli
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