Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>I'm considering a 100mm >APO-Macro-Elmarit-R f/2.8...Is this lens new?...Any thoughts on its >relative performance and or applications? Not new, really. Been around for a while. But it still is probably the finest lens Leica makes. (Though the new 90 Summicron M APO ASPH seems to be giving it a run for best lens, check Erwin's web site.) There is NOTHING to criticize about the 100 Apo Macro, except that it doesn't go down to 1:1. But then, it wouldn't be as good, I'm sure, or it would. With the matched Elpro, it goes to 1.1:1, I think. I plan to get one, no question, some day. - -- Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch "A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines. " - - Frank Lloyd Wright (1868-1959)