[Leica] 90mm Macro Elmar M

[hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)]

Tim, the discussion needs to be qualified depending on whether you are using
these lenses on a film or digital M though.

2009/3/30 Tim Gray <tgray at 125px.com>

> I've thought about the 75 for that reason, and while it might cover
> some of the same ground close in, it's ultimately a 75mm lens.  Which
> means I don't have the reach of a 90 when I want it, and also will not
> have the perspective of a 90 for portraits, etc.  I already have a
> nice 50mm lens, and I think the 75 will be a bit too close to that.
> It's also not as compact, and for the price, you can get the whole 90
> macro set, which does give you better close up abilities.
>
> Though, I do agree, if 75mm suits your style, you can fill some of the
> gaps with that lens.
>
> On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 1:56 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com>
> wrote:
> > Although if its a macro in the SLR world sense of the word its not
> optimized
> > for infinity but close in.
> > And flat field though I'd not ask for that in this case.
> > But think it might be a one in four chance its there.
> >
> > Me I shoot a lot more pix at 4 feet than infinity so I find macros
> > agreeable.
> > And I like they cause they're slow and often have well protected front
> > elements which don't even require lens hoods.
> > But often the find themselves too heavy. To many extra elements I guess
> so
> > they do well close in and are ableI'v to rack out. All that machinery.
> >
> >
> > Mark William Rabiner
> >
> >
> >
> >> From: Henning Wulff <henningw at archiphoto.com>
> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> >> Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:30:52 -0700
> >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] 90mm Macro Elmar M
> >>
> >> Anyone interested in the 90 macro should note that the 75 Summicron
> >> (or Summilux, for that matter) will enable a reproduction ration of
> >> 1:7, whereas the 90 macro, without eyes will enable a rep.ratio of
> >> 1:6.7. Essentially the same.
> >>
> >> So if you have or are considering either of these 75's, and don't
> >> intend to get the goggles for the 90 macro, don't bother unless other
> >> qualities like the collapsibility are your main reasons.
> >>
> >> Or get the 90 and goggles, as that combo definitely allows the
> >> highest magnification on an M without Visoflex.
> >>
> >> BTW, the 75 Summicron works excellently in the close up range, what
> >> with its floating elements for correction. The Summilux doesn't do as
> >> well.
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >>     *            Henning J. Wulff
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