Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/01/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mine is the same, but I bought it used maybe 20 years ago, so it has a little more "character" than yours. On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 2:15 AM, Peter Cheyne <peter.cheyne at gmail.com> wrote: > I sometimes use a 90 Tele-Elmarit. Here's a photo of my 90 T-E, is that the > same model?: > > https://www.flickr.com/gp/geordiepete/V96122 > > It's not only pocketable in a pair of jeans, it's even lighter than it > looks. I sometimes wonder what the barrel is made of--some sort of > poly-composite magic plasti-metal, I guess. > > Still, I wear jackets or coats with baggy pockets so that lenses like the > Canadian 90 Summicron can come along. The 90 Tele-Elmarit is highly > reliable in many situations. It also has the virtue of being rather > predictable, and its colours are very modern. The Canadian Summicron is > different in that respect. It has a very interesting 'pop', and the colours > are a bit more pastel and, I don't know the right phrase, but I want to say > something like chromatically separated. > > Peter > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana 1714 Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase USA