Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, if one considers a lens with exceedingly low contrast, soft edge definition, and relatively low color separation to be "okay" then, yes, the 135 f/2.8 is merely clumsy. Make no mistake, in addition to these issues regarding image quality, it is a big, heavy lens which is virtually impossible to frame and a bitch...remember, I said it was a pooch...to focus, especially with those eyes. One could call it "clumsy," but that is being kind. Buzz >From: Raimo K <raimo.m.korhonen@uusikaupunki.fi> >Date: 2008/01/04 Fri PM 01:13:24 CST >To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >Subject: Re: [Leica] Tele elmarit 135...A eal Pooch of a Lens >Nah, quality-wise it is OK. Clumsy it is, that??s why I sold mine. >All the best! >Raimo K >Personal photography homepage at: >http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Buzz Hausner" <buzz.hausner@verizon.net> >To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> >Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 1:21 AM >Subject: [Leica] Tele elmarit 135...A eal Pooch of a Lens > > >> They are all dogs. If you really, really need that half stop more than >> the >> f/3.4 Telyt, go for the third version. In any case, good luck with >> framing >> and focus and shoot with as contrasty a medium as is available because the >> 135 f/2.8s were about as dull a lens as Leica ever made. Trust me. Bow >> wow. >> >> Buzz