Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/21

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Subject: [Leica] observations about the "More than 1 Ms" thread
From: firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)
Date: Fri May 21 17:48:16 2004
 
On Saturday, May 22, 2004, at 01:54 Australia/Melbourne, Peterson 
Arthur G NSSC wrote:

>
> Okay, I'll "mention...using a Tri-Elmar for the situations where 
> multiple
> lens choice is important."  It's great; I love it!

>
> As my use of the 28mm focal length is relatively infrequent (and as I
> usually also carry a 90mm, "just in case"), the M lens I'd really like 
> would
> be a 35-50-90 Tri-Elmar (or a 35-50-75-90 Quad-Elmar),


The only real issue for me with the Tri-elmar is flare. It seems to be 
very prone to flare. Leica claim the main reason for 28-35-50 is that 
the M camera equivalent to 35-70 on an SLR is the wider range: the M 
invites you to get close, and therefore this combination is the 
"perfect" one ;-) I suppose there is some truth in it. The M is a walk 
in closer kind of item.

Cheers

Alastair
In reply to: Message from PetersonAG at NAVSEA.NAVY.MIL (Peterson Arthur G NSSC) ([Leica] observations about the "More than 1 Ms" thread)