Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Laurence: I've been using one since they were first on the market, and I'm very pleased with it. It's a great walking around lens, though it would be even better (although heavier) if its aperture were faster. Erwin Puts has an excellent review of the lens on his site <http://www.imx.nl/photosite/leica/m/lenses/pages/l11890.html> , rating it comparable to the performance of Leica's prime lenses of 28, 35, and 50mm. It has some quirks to consider. First, there is no DOF scale on the barrel. Second, the placement of the focusing and aperture rings is nonintuitive for persons trained in using generations of Leica optics. And third, as I indicated above, the maximum aperture of f4.0 will be an important limitation for some users. All that said, the T-E is the optic I use most with the M6.///Dick Baznik _______ At 12:17 PM 6/20/00 -0400, Laurence Gadd wrote: >I'm sure this has been covered but I missed it. Has anyone used the Tri-elmar >and what are your results, thoughts etc. Thanks >