Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I second that. I do not have a Tele-Elmar, but I recently bought the new 135 and find it outstanding. I also have a Hektor, but this lens certainly beats it in the sharpness department (as well it should, being 30-40 years newer). And it is quite light and handy. As soon as I tried one at Photokina I knew I had to have it. Nathan Jeff Moore wrote: > I have the Tele-Elmar, and it's a damned fine lens (which I rarely use, but > that's another topic). BUT, you should really give serious consideration to > the new one. It's rumored to be shockingly good (my amateur's eyeballing of > the published MTF curves certainly hints at that), and when I fondled one > today, mounted on a camera, it felt significantly lighter. I mean, it really > felt, subjectively, more light compared to my memory of the Tele-Elmar than > the specs would imply. Maybe it's a weight-distribution thing. > > -Jeff Moore <jbm@jbm.org> - -- Nathan Wajsman Overijse, Belgium Photography page: http://members.tripod.com/~belgiangator/index.html Motorcycle page: http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/downs/1704/index.html