Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/01/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I hear great things >about the current 90/2.8 Elmarit-M but for the way I work, I haven't >wanted anything more. Maybe if I tried the 90/2.8 I'd change my >mind,... I use this lens and I love it. It is sharp all throughout the aperature range. The color rendition with chrome, especially E100SW, is fab. The best thing about it is the size. I looked at the 2/90-M and the 2.8/90-M: both are put together really well but, the 2/90 is so big and heavy when compared to it's slower brother. I recently made some portraits of my wife and son, shooting down a length of iron fence. I shot the entire roll wide open to see the effects of the shallow DOF. The faces are beautifully rendered, sharp and very pleasing. What's remarkable about the pictures is how quickly the fence falls apart at f/2.8. I measured the distance between posts on the fence and at approx. 3 1/2 ft. from my plane of focus the posts are still recognizable. The next post, which is only 10 1/2 in. away is total mush. The trees and such which make up the background are just a meld of tones - really quite beautiful. Of course, at f/8 or smaller I could have it all as sharp as nails. I'd have to say that this one is one of my favorite lenses to use. Regards, Ben W. Holmes Boulder, CO USA bholmes@frii.com