[Leica] FS: Elmarit M 28/2.8 4th v.

[h_arche at yahoo.com (H. Ball Arche)]

I remember, and think of you having it and Hank Ballerstadt, whose work I 
really admire, who I bought it from. Who's got it now? I recall that 28's 
don't agree with you.

I still think the CV Ultron 1.9 is the best 28 I've worked with yet in the 
matter of minimal flattening and stretching of spheres in the corners. My 
only beef is it's tendency to flair, and mounting the Elmarit's superior 
hood on it helped. The CV hood is worthless.

I've been wondering about the new Ultron 2.0. Just the other day someone 
here contacted me about this off-list after having looked in the archives, 
and offered that in comparison to the new 2.0 Ultron, the older 1.9 has 
better dimensionality in the corners.

Although I'm selling off stuff, I have the nagging thought that I should buy 
a back-up 1.9 while Gandy still has them.


----- Original Message ----
From: Frank Filippone <red735i at earthlink.net>
To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Friday, July 3, 2009 10:41:18 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] FS: Elmarit M 28/2.8 4th v.

I bought your 28 Cron.....

I wonder if you ever found a 28 lens that you were looking for.. one without
"facial" distortion in  the corners?

Frank Filippone
red735i at earthlink.net

Elamarit M 28/2.8 the last of the pre-aspherical type. The serial number
dates it to 1997. Comes with the case, lens hood, and all the proper caps.
B&H rated it 9+ when I bought it a year ago; I've only used it once. I'd
rate it Excellent++. Easily my favorite of the three leitz 28's I've owned-
I prefer the look of this lens to what I got with the Summicron 28. 




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