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 >> I have the 21 ASPH Elmarit. Its a reason to shoot Leica. I don't shoot with it wide open all that often will 1.4 give me a brighter groundglass? No as there is not one. [Rabs] Mark William Rabiner