Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I just sold my thin TE. I always liked it, excellent picture quality, and easy handling. Now it's half way around around the world. At this stage in my life I felt I couldn't afford to own two 90s, so I decided to keep the APO 90. Also a nice lens, but not as nicely balanced as the TE. :( -dan c. At 08:42 PM 21-10-04 -0400, Phong wrote: >Hey Chuck, > >Ah yes, _my_ :-) thin Tele-Elmarit, back when the 90mm >was my favorite focal length. It was Buzz Hausner who taught >me the delights of the thin Tele-ELmarit. I had that, the 90m >Elmarit-M, the 90mm Summicron AA, and the Summicron non-AA. >Love them all. I miss the Tele-Elmarit the most because that >one was a very clean, very smooth focusing one, and they >are much harder to get in that condition. I am glad it's >in good hands now. When you are tired of it, let me know. > >The only 90mm I have now is the Voigtlander APO Lanthar >90mm f3.5, really a superb lens, albeit a tad slow. But it's >light and I can use it on my LTM cameras. > >- Phong > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >