Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/01/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>> Pascal <cyberdog=40ibm.net> 01/23/98 12:45pm >>> Hello: thanks to all luggers who responded to my question some days ago on the=20 relative merits of the Elmarit R 19mm f/2.8. I have now come across a Fisheye-Elmarit R 16mm f/2.8 at a very=20 reasonable price (at least in Leica terms...:-) ).=20 The idea of having a real Fisheye lens always attracted me, so I am = very=20 much interested in it. Does anyone have any kind of experience with = this=20 lens. How is its quality? Apparently the present model is already on the market sinds 1974 in an=20 unchanged form. On the lens barrel it says: =22Leitz Wetzlar=22. All info gladly welcome=21 Thanks. Pascal - -------------------------------------------------------- Sent on a Macintosh PowerBook G3, the fastest laptop on the planet - -------------------------------------------------------- <<< PGP public key available on request >>> an excellent example of its type(full-frame fisheye) said to be made by = Minolta to Leica specs, it will open up a whole new world for you, one = which only you can decide whether to enter. Sorry for the error. Mike S., Springfield, IL