Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/07/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Robert, I am in a similar situation, I have a like new focusing mount for a 135mm Elmar-M, but not the optics! Anyone have optics without focusing mount? Jerry Robert Meier wrote: > I have a very nice focusing mount for a 90mm Elmar, but not the > optics. Anyone have optics without focusing mount? > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ric Carter" <ricc@mindspring.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 11:56 AM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Some Elmars > > >> Thanks for the tips. Mine is the screw mount from the 50s. >> >> Have a hood on the way. It doesn't seem to like pointing into the light. >> >> Optics look pretty clean, but the body is a little nasty. Unscrewing >> from focus mount helps a ton with cleaning glass. >> >> Ric >> >> >> On Jul 2, 2008, at 9:28 AM, Daniel Ridings wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 3:16 PM, Ric Carter <ricc@mindspring.com> >>> wrote: >>>> don't you hate a slump? >>>> >>>> just plucked an elmar 90 from the bay (auction). any helpful >>>> advice on the >>>> little sucker? >>> >>> Make sure it is clean. You can do that yourself. Almost all 90 Elmars >>> I've run across let you screw them about (with your bare hands) and >>> you can get to all the elements you need to clean, even the internal >>> ones. >>> >>> Don't be afraid to shoot it all over the board ... f4 to f11. I've >>> never gone smaller than f11 and I only did then: >>> >>> http://dlridings.net/blog/?p=31 >>> >>> Because the sun was so bright and I was already at 1/1000. >>> >>> The "shadow side" of Ewa was at 5.6 >>> >>> http://dlridings.se/gallery/v/Shoebox/2008-06/08v26-0015.jpg.html >>> >>> Use a lens-shade. I don't know which Elmar you have. There are >>> basically two variants when it comes to shades, the older kind that >>> you clamp on or the more recent, 12575 shade (for the Tele-Elmarit and >>> others like that). >>> >>> I got tired of carrying around the 90/2.0 Summicron. I don't use a 90 >>> very often and it was just in the way. The 90/4 is a lens I can just >>> stuff in an extra pocket of my bag or jacket. >>> >>> Thanks for taking a look. I'll pull out of my slump. >>> >>> Best, >>> Daniel