RE: [Leica] Tri-Elmar-M

[jon honeyball <jhoneyball@woodleyside.co.uk>]

Yes

Its fabulous but has some limitations.

Optically it is excellent, its not too heavy and it is not toooo big,
although it is rather long. You really need a 0.72x mag M6 to get the 28mm
frame lines in. 

Its F4.0 only which could be a problem, and there is no DOF indication on
it.

The *biggest* problem with it is the variability in the feel and action of
the 28/50/35 selector. Mine went a bit clunky and I had the service
department in Solms have a look at it when I was recently there at the
Academy. They tweaked it slightly, but it still sometimes needs an
annoyingly brutal twist to make it change range. The internal mechanism is
quite convoluted, I understand, so this is almost inevitable. 

As a go-anywhere-on-holiday lens, it is an ideal single-lens companion

Jon

- -----Original Message-----
From: Claude Vercruysse [mailto:cvercruysse@skynet.be]
Sent: 14 September 1999 18:29
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: [Leica] Tri-Elmar-M


Dear All,

As anyone had some direct experience with the Tri-Elmar ?
Would you recommend this lens  ?

Regards,

Claude