Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/07/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Believe me Mark, the collapsible 90 is minute and light. It lives in my bag. FD On 16 Jul, 2012, at 20:46, Mark Rabiner wrote: > I feel like it was a mistake for Leica to discontinue the modern 50mm Elmar > Collapsible 2.8. A collapsible 50 is a basic part of Leica shooting and > what > Leica is all about. With the change to the M series from the LTM or so > called screwmount series Leica we had a much less handy and pocketable > camera. > But having a collapsible lens makes it so it could still work going in many > pockets. Just not a pocket on your jeans. > Unless you are Mr. Green Jeans on Capt Kangaroo. > > Its an image thing. > > We still I think have the collapsible 90 macro which is a brilliant thing > close to my heart but for the fact that it does not collapse all that much > and it not the most light weight compact lens one can imagine. > > The lightest compact lens is always going to be a collapsible 50. Its quite > a bit lighter than a 35 Summaron or other compact pre ASPH 35's from Leitz. > > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/