Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/22

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Subject: [Leica] Your Input Please on 135mm Hektor
From: red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone)
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:14:05 -0700
References: <SNT117-W2442C77F191A60A2093FCDC6390@phx.gbl> <4A3FC5C3.1060706@wanadoo.nl> <7184364A-36AE-4E78-BD14-396AAFDAD4B2@frozenlight.eu>

I guess you have several options at 135mm.....

Hektor in LTM ( or maybe M mount too?)
Elmar ( ditto the mount)
Elmarit with  the eyes
Tele-Elmar 
APO Telyt.

Legend has it that the Hektor and Elmarit are not too sharp near their
widest F-Stop.
The Elmar is in the middle of image quality
The APO Telyt is the best, especially wide open
The Tele-Elmar is as good when stopped down a bit

Relative costs place the Tele-Elmar in the #1 position.... not too expensive
and image quality right up there.

But as someone else noted.... there are no 135 frame lines on an M2..... (
not a NORMAL M2 anyway.)

And even on an M6, the frame lines are pretty small.... 

Frank Filippone
red735i at earthlink.net






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