Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/09

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Subject: [Leica] 75-90mm lenses - Opinions
From: jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith)
Date: Tue May 9 15:59:48 2006

This was my first thought for a longer lens. Chris Williams took a killer
shot of some motorcycles with his. Very clear, lucid images. Is it the model
with only about 4 elements?

Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA
http://www.400tx.com




-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Kenneth
Frazier
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 9:15 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] 75-90mm lenses - Opinions



On May 8, 2006, at 10:02 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote:

> I think that #11 is pretty much what I'm looking for...a lens to
> bring a
> distant person a bit closer. And the more expensive a lens is, the  
> less
> likely it will be that I'll carry it into an iffy part of town.

The Elmarit-M 90/2.8 from f/5.6 is really quite an excellent lens.   
There's a good discussion of it on photo.net.

Ken
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Connecticut Conference, United Church of Christ
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