Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Does your 90mm Elmar C work well on your M6 and M8? I know there's just a short throw to cover its range of focus; is this a problem at all? I have heard all kinds of cautions and caveats over the years about them on M bodies other than the CL. On 16 July 2010 22:36, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 3:55 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> >> >> Yes the value of Elmarit ?bellies are going down while Lux bellies are >> going >> up. >> We'd then ask to see what results from your 21mm f2.8 ASPH And what f1.4 >> would ask to the work. As if that had any meaning to the discussion. >> >> Its sounding much more ?like "what's the lens we have to have now" to show >> how rich or cool we are. >> >> I do think the example on the LUG the acronym being what it is is USE not >> ownership and buying and selling. > > I'm pretty sensitive to the subject of 21 mm lenses. > > The first 21 I didn't buy was an M4 and an 21 SA f4 with finder for > $500 back in 1985.? I spent the money on a Kaypro computer, if you can > imagine. > > Fast forward to when Voigtlander/Cosina introduced those midget 21 > lenses.? I bought one and liked it. > > A little later, I had a chance to make a bargain on a 21 Elmarit 2.8 > pre-asph as part of a batch of gear, and promptly sold it to GeeBee, > because it is such a big lens. > > Two years ago, I found a 21 Super Angulon? f3.4 with a little haze in > it for real cheap.? I sent it to DAG, and he cleaned it right up, and > its a right nice lens.? I'm learning to use it, especially now that > I'm shooting more film.? It is more fun with film than with the M8. > There's a nice discussion on these old fellows in the Tom Abrahamsson > section of RFF > > ?I kept the teeny VC 21 until just recently, and I gave it to a young > friend who need such a lens. > > Back to Rab's subject, I was looking at my lens list, and it is not > too exotic.? I ?have fun with them though. > > 15mm Voigtl?nder,? 21mm Super-Angulon f4,??28mm Elmarit asph,? 35mm > Summicron asph,?40mm Summicron C (shows 35mm frames), 50mm DR > Summicron (fixed for M8),?75 mm Summarit, 90mm Elmar C, 90mm > Tele-Elmarit. > > Usually the M8 gets the 35, and the M6 gets the 40. ?I keep the 21 on my M2 > > > Sonny > http://www.sonc.com > http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ > Natchitoches, Louisiana > > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information