Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:53 AM 10/5/99 -0400, CAMRALUGGR@aol.com wrote: >I'd really appreciate a >listing of some sites which comment about older R lens performance and >general user info? Of course, individual LUGger comments on this subject are >welcome and appreciated. Well, I had the original one-cam 35 Elmarit, 50 Summicron and I had a 180 Elmarit 2 cam. They were all great lenses for their time. The 180 especially was wonderful, though big and heavy! The 250 F/4 was lighter. I would say they were very competitive with the current lenses Japanese lenses for the time I owned them (mid-80s). It was a pain to use them on my R4, so I got rid of them fast and got a 35 Summilux, 24 Elmarit, 50 Summicron, 90 Summicron, but I converted the 180 to a three cam lens, and it served me well. But didn't use it much after I got my 280 Apo Telyt. What a lens! So watch out, it will probably only drive you to more up-to-date purchases! Stay clear of Leica shops! :-) Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch Bumper Sticker: "Horn doesn't work; Watch for finger"