[Leica] Picking up old lenses

[Sonny Carter]

I like the TE too.  It is one of the few Leica lenses I kept, compact and
crisp.

Regards,

Sonny
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On Tue, Jun 8, 2021 at 11:37 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> One of my favorite lenses is the 90mm Tele-Elmarit. It is great on film
> and on my Fuji digital cameras.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> > On 7 Jun 2021, at 18:34, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
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> > I have a very good selection of the "great lenses of the past"  You have
> > seen some of them posted in my weekly postings.  My personal problem is
> > that I prefer the uber sharpness and acuity that the new glass provides.
> > Acquiring very high MP cameras seems to ask for the same in the lenses.
> > Yet, when I go to the older formulations the image is the thing.  If the
> > message in the image is weak then who cares if you can count eyelashes on
> > the dog in the corner.
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> > So, off I will go with a 50 Elmarit or Zeiss equivalent and see what
> > becomes magic before me.
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> > On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 10:17 AM Frank Filippone via LUG <
> lug at leica-users.org>
> > wrote:
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> >> I bought the M42 early version of the Pentax 300mm lens for travel.  It
> is
> >> pretty light, very sharp, and physically smaller than anything I could
> buy
> >> today.  It is F6.3, which allows it to be small. It is one of what I
> call
> >> Cult Lenses.  Good to superb optics, but not modern.  They exist in
> every
> >> brand.  Nikon 105, Leica 35 Summicron, Canon FD 135/3.5, Contarex
> Distagon
> >> 25mm, Pentax 18mm F4 semi fisheye to mention a few.  Usually they sell
> for
> >> the equivalent of the sales tax on a modern lens.
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> >> The genius of the mirrorless bodies is that with an adapter, they are
> >> pretty much all usable.....  I have several.  Differing brands.  All
> great
> >> lenses.
> >>
> >> And some are dogs.  You find this out AFTER you test out the
> lens......But
> >> usually, and because of the Internet, you can read and avoid the
> terrible
> >> lenses.
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> >>
> >> Frank Filippone
> >> BMWRed735i at Gmail.com
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> >>> While this lens combo works, many others are very poor, and inevitably
> >> I'll probably have to buy Sony E mount lenses.
> >>>
> >>> Douglas
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> >>> On 06/06/2021 22:02, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
> >>>> This isn't about a great lens I found. What I am really questioning is
> >>>> using equipment that is "good enough"  I stumbled on a 40mm Makro
> Kilfit
> >>>> f3.5 D version at a stupidly cheap price.  Even in Exacta mount that
> >> wasn't
> >>>> an obstacle with a mirrorless body.  It is a four element in three
> group
> >>>> design. Using it I found it quite usable wide open if you kept the
> main
> >>>> subject in the center third.  Stopped down to 5.6-8 it was quite
> usable
> >> out
> >>>> to the outer third.
> >>>>
> >>>> Even compared to the Leica 60mm Macro it is half the size and weight.
> >> So,
> >>>> what is everybodies feelings about good enough even though modern
> >>>> technology will be far superior?  I know more than several members
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> >>>> transitioned to the Q2 for the size, weight, and simplicity of use.
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> >>>> Part of this is that younger photographers need a beginning place.
> >> Most of
> >>>> us started out on used equipment that worked and as our fortunes and
> >>>> interests matured we acquired better tools.  My child didn't really
> get
> >> an
> >>>> income that would support a lot of hobbies until thirty after the PhD.
> >>>> Many folk don't get to that point so the tools need to be more
> >> reasonable
> >>>> than a $2000 M body and a $500 foggy Russian lens.
> >>>>
> >>>> Anyway, thoughts?
> >>>>
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