Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/29

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Elmarit r 24mm 2.8
From: Edward Meyers <aghalide@panix.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 08:40:12 -0400 (EDT)

On Mon, 28 Jun 1999, Javier Perez wrote:

> Was this lens part of a larger business arrangement?
> After all, with a 21 and a 28, how necessary was a 24
> particularly from a company that has yet to produce any R lens
> faster than 1.4 or longer than 800.
> Is it better than the 28? How about the 21./2.8 and 4
> I'm not knocking the lens, I heard it's great and
> have always wanted one but the price difference between
> it and the 28 is scarey, about 800 for the 24 vs 500 for the 28 2cam
> both second hand of course.
> See Ya
> Javier
> 
> 
> Lucien wrote:
> 
> > > Grigoire Vandenschrick wrote:
> >
> > > I questioned about the floating element and received many
> > > responses, thanks to you. In fact, I bought the elmarit-r
> > > 24mm 2.8, and would like to know its optical quality, I
> > > just read it was a minolta design, is it a negative critic
> > > or not?
> >
> > Grigoire,
> >
> > Not at all.
> > It's a very good lens, that I used a lot in the past.
> >
> > Lucien
> > Bruxelles
> 
> 
When I need a 24mm lens on my Leica M3 I do the following.
Use a Leicina "Minolta lens to M mount" adapter on My M3.
This permits me to use Minolta SLR lenses (not auto-focus)
on my Leica. No rangefinder use, however. I guess distance.
I also can use my Minolta fisheye lens on the Leica. Ed