Re: [Leica] Tele-Elmarits

["Boreham" <boreham@dial.pipex.com>]

Martin, I think 500 UK pounds is too much for a tele elmarit. Fieldgrass
and Gale are advertising a mint current type elmarit  for £495 in Amateur
Photographer last week. Although larger it is a better lens than either
tele elmarit and I would advise going for the current type, unless the
smaller size is really critical for you. I have owned all three, but now
only have the elmarit, with which I am very happy; it is sharper at full
aperture and controls flare better.
Mike

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> From: Martin Davidson <martin.davidson@bbc.co.uk>
> To: 'leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us'
> Subject: [Leica] Tele-Elmarits
> Date: 07 October 1998 16:04
> 
> Apologies if this has been thrashed to death before.  I am looking to add
a
> fourth lens to my M6 (I have the 28 Elmarit, the 35 Asph summicron, and a
50
> summicron).  Having been thrilled by the asph performance of the 35, I
was
> saving and waiting (and saving and saving) for the new 90 f/2 asph -- but
am
> worried about its size and weight.  By chance I came across (and rather
fell
> in love with) an old Canadian tele-elmarit -- at around 500 UK pounds
(seems
> the going rate in the UK), half the price (at least) of the new asph, but
a
> lot to pay for a lens that (for all I know) may now be regarded as rather
> obsolete.  In short, I am fishing for a few user-experiences of this
lens,
> for which I would be very grateful.