Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/04/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Fri, 12 Apr 1996, Marc James Small wrote: > >Shoot, for a little more I can get the Elmarit. I guess I'll stick with > >an all-Leica stable. > > > > Ah, but the 3.5/19 Canon isn't the ONLY LTM wide-angle around. The Russians > still produce a Zeiss Topogon clone, the 5.6/20 Russar MR-2, which can be > had for under $500 and, sometimes, for a LOT less (I paid $100 for mine, > with VF). > > The Russian lens is far slower, but doesn't suffer from flare nearly to the > Canon's degree. And it DOES meter with the M6, which I believe the Canon > does not. My Canon 19/3.5 meters very well with the M6. Its flare-pronenes isn't gross an is partly controlled by a shade I modified for it. I haven't seen the Russian lens, but a recent review (either in Shutterbug or maybe the other used camera newsletter) indicated that it did not meter with the M6. they said it was a copy of the Zeiss Biogon and was a classic rfdr wide angle (sits very deep in the camera, rear element large). The review said the viewfinder was very crude. However, I would love to have a 21mm/2.8 Elmarit but at least $2200 for lens and finder used is beyond my current budget. I thought there existed copies of the Biogon that had been bmdified for LTM. Anybody knopw about this? Michael Volow, M.D. (mvolo@acpub.duke.edu) Department of Psychiatry, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC 919 286 0411 Ext 6933