Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 6/26/99 12:20:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Douglas.McLernon@tcd.ie writes: << Does anyone have any thoughts on the 90 mm Collapsible Elmar and is the LTM and M mount lens the same formula and prformance. Regards, Doug >> The main purpose of the lens was so it would fit in the snout of an ever-ready case (The rigid Elmar and original Elmarit's of the era would not). If this is your purpose, either of the 90 Elmar-C or Tele-Elmarits (fat and skinny) will also fit, and are better performing lenses in the strictest sense. But judging by my little (E36) Elmar LTM, it's no slouch either. And the collapsible 90 is a cool-looking lens. To my knowledge the 90 Collapsible Elmar was never made in LTM. It is, however, optically identical to the last-version (E39) "rigid" Elmar. DT