Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The current 90/2.8 is the (non tele) elmarit. The old tele design is very compact but was rumored to be not as "good" as the non-tele version for head shots and other mid range targets. I have the first (fatter) version of the tele-elmarit. It's a great lens and exceeds the resolution of my (same vintage) Nikon 100/2.5 whenever I've tested the two together (including head shots). It also has good "bokeh" and the advantage of sharing hoods, filters, caps, etc. with the 35, 50, and the tele-elmar 135/4. Usage seems to run in cycles, but for long periods the 90 TE was my favorite and most used lens. I suspect it will be again when the local seals stop having pups (135 TE) and I return to trying to extract urban images and flowers from my cluttered backgrounds. Mike Quinn Guy Bennett wrote: > lugfolk, > > are we talking about the current tele-elmarit 90, or one of the previous > versions (i believe stendhal wrote about both of these earlier 90s in his > novel 'the thin and the fat')? i inquire with trepidation as i am > considering the current t-e 90 as my next lens, having abandoned hope that > the apo asph summicron 90 will be produced in chrome in our lifetime...