Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/24

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Rokor or Elmarit
From: Nathan Wajsman <nathan.wajsman@euronet.be>
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 22:21:31 +0100

The Elmarit is made by Leica, the Rokkor is not.

Nathan

Tord-Rikard Söderström wrote:

> I am planing to buy a 28mm for my newly invested chrome Leica M6
> I understand that there are two different classes, Rokor´s and Elmarit´s
> what is the basic difference between these two, not just that the
> Rokor is out of production and that it has a older construction
>
> I would say that the low contrast in color rendition that older lenses give
> is a plus point, but then we have the lack of sharpness at open apertures
>
> would be happy for some kind of answer, Tord-Rikard



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