Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have the last version of the 90 Elmarit-R, which is the same optical design as the M. One day, after a tepid demonstration, a friend of mine and I were doing tailgate show and tell, checking the differences of his M against my R. The M had a greenish cast, whereas the R had a magenta cast. His M was also flexing in the middle from excessive wear, never mind that the M lens was only a few years old. That was shocking, it reminded me of my old 1980 28mm M, which flexed in the middle after only a few months. The dealer changed it straight across the counter, no question asked. This last M-R Elmarit design out shots my old, and thankfully departed, 90 'cron,(or 'crud more appropriately) in contre-jour situations. That's after having 4, all of them being being pathetic performers. Slobodan Dimitrov Douglas Cooper wrote: > > Some preliminary reports on my latest lenses: > The 90mm Elmarit-M (recent, black), for which I traded my Konica M-Hexanon > 28, has *stunning bokeh*. The first lens I've owned to rival the Canon > 50/1.4 LTM in that regard. Blows the DR Summicron out of the water. I > think I'm going to adore this lens, and may end up agreeing with the various > reports suggesting this is an almost perfect optic. Certainly it's nicer > than the Tamron SP 90 (first version, no slouch) that I had mounted on my > Contax RTS. Gorgeous transitions in the near-field o-o-f areas; nothing > remotely distracting in the distance; unbelievably sharpness in-focus > (needless to say). > > If I have complaints, it is that the build quality, while solid, simply > isn't on the level of the early Leicas, or the Konica (!), which is a truly > serious chunk of metal. The aperture ring is a bit rattle-some, and the > barrel feels similar to Zeiss lenses for the SLR¢