Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The 21mm Super Elmar is a big improvement on the 21mm Elmarit asph, latter is only Leica lens I have sold ;-) john ________________________________________ The new 18mm Super Elmar just blows away the old Elmarit 21 ASPH, even if you compare them at f/4. The new 18 is simply incredible even wide open. I'll bet the new Super Elmar 24 is fabulous. --Jim On Mar 11, 2014, at 7:57 PM, Chris Crawford <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: > Have you considered that your old lenses might just be slightly out of > adjustment? The focus cam on a lens can be adjusted for focus accuracy, > and a lot of older lenses have gone out of calibration. > > -- > Chris Crawford > Fine Art Photography > Fort Wayne, Indiana > 260-437-8990 > > http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 > Become a fan on Facebook > > > > On 3/11/14 10:37 PM, "Jim Laurel (gmail)" <jplaurel at gmail.com> wrote: > >> I went to the trouble of having my old Leica lenses coded, but have also >> picked up a few new ones, including the floating element 35mm Summilux >> ASPH, the 50mm Summilux ASPH and, most recently, the 18mm Super Elmar. I >> think I'm going to sell all my old ones from the 80s and 90s. These three >> latest issues on the M240 are just fantastic. For some reason, I'm just >> missing focus less often with the 35 and 50 than my old 35 Summilux ASPH >> and Summicron 50. >> >> The only one I'm thinking of replacing next is the 90mm Elmarit with the >> new 90mm Summarit. But the Elmarit has served me so well for almost 20 >> years that I wonder what more the Summarit might have to offer. >> >> --Jim