Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/10/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:46 AM 10/28/03 +0100, Christian Vik wrote: > >I wonder if anyone know where to get information about the Leitz Elmar >65mm/3.5 for Visoflex. I have just started to use the lens and so far the >bokeh is one of the coolest I've ever seen. I would like to see comments and >specs for it, but I haven't been able to find it yet. Can anyone please help >out here? > >Anyone with experience who can comment on it or any links to websites or >books with information would be highly appreciated. Also, what kind of >filters will fit the lens? The finest source for a scientific analysis of the two versions of the 3.5/65 Elmar-V can be found in Erwin Puts' book on Leica lenses published by Hove, a work most heartily recommended. I own a first-version Elmar-V and use it regularly. It is a consistent lens, capable of running from limited macro work to infinity. My primary use is to shoot close-ups of cameras and details of the same, and it is certainly excellent for these uses. I do not recall ever using it for infinity work but suspect that it would perform on par with the 2.8 or 3.5/5cm Elmar in that mode, given the difference in focal lengths. Certainly, the Elmar-V is almost of the optical quality of the 5.6/135 Carl Zeiss S-Planar for the Hasselblad and Rolleiflex MF SLR's. If I want the VERY best, I use CZJ Mikrotars, CZ Luminars, or Leitz Photars on my Hasselblad 2000 FCM but, for normal uses, the 3.5/65 Elmar-V is a perfectly acceptable lens. Marc msmall@infionline.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html