Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Which is the bestof the fast 90s, the summicron, the elmarit or the tele-elmarit? I have one heavy and bulky 90 summicron but nothing else to compare itto. Javier Dennis Painter wrote: > Simon Stevens wrote: > > > > I have a couple of questions for the more historically-knowledgeable > > members of the list (which I certainly am not.) I have a 90mm f2 > > Summicron SSN 2203xxx. It's one of the larger black Canadian models with > > 2 stage collapsable hood, tripod mount and detachable head. The optical > > quality is very nice indeed with a (to me) lovely bokeh. I have seen > > several similar lenses from roughly the same time period (I belive it's > > from the late sixties) but I have never come accross an identical one. > > Mine has a preset ring in addition to the regular aperture ring. None of > > the others I have ever come across, or seen pictures of, has this > > additional control which obviously makes it ideal for viso use. > > > > Stephen Gandy's site mentions that all of the 90's were made in > > relatively low numbers, but how common or unusual is this version with > > the pre-set? > > > With the preset I would say it's not common. The preset lenses were > primarilly for use on the Viso. Yours, from about 1966, is when the > first Leicaflex was out so I would expect demand for Viso lenses to have > been declining. > > Dennis __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com