Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/14

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Subject: [Leica] Lens advice, too pretty to use?
From: jbcollier at shaw.ca (John Collier)
Date: Mon Aug 14 05:50:59 2006
References: <001e01c6bf46$eec6a6d0$6601a8c0@asus930>
 
The only "rare" 135/4 T-E is the the very last with the built in hood  
and E46 filter threads. Even that doesn't sell for much of a premium.

If you shoot wide open the T-E is significantly better than the  
Elmar. At mid-apertures and smaller, there is no much to choose  
between them.

John Collier

On 13-Aug-06, at 8:11 PM, G Hopkinson wrote:

> Folks, I've recently shopped for an M mount 135 to use and ended up  
> with a
> lovely old 1960 Elmar M in fine condition and it has tested well.
>
> However, I have just received a second lens. This is the Tele Elmar  
> f4 135
> (Wetzlar) from about 1975 production, I think.  #2756xxx.
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