Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/02/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What is the difference between older 35mm/f2 lenses and later ones. I have a chrome 35mm/f2, mad in Canada, with infinity lock. It also has a "convertible" mount; with the removal of a tiny screw and twisting off of the bayonet mount, it becomes a screw-mount 35mm/f2. However, the bayonet mount does not resemble the typical screw-to-bayonet Leitz adapters, but seems ment to be a part of the lens. I bought the lens in 1966, and it probably was 1-2 years old at the time. Its sharpness is also astounding; better far than my 35mm/f2 Nikor (vintage 1968). I also agree about the Tele-Elmarit 90mm/f2.8. Mine is the "fat" Tele-Elmarit, Canadian made. It has high contrast even wide open, which for my money is even more important than resolution. However, reports on the current (heavier and largerP 90mm/f2.8 Elmarit-M claim it is extremely sharp at all apertures. Michael Volow, M.D. (mvolo@acpub.duke.edu) Department of Psychiatry, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC 919 286 0411 Ext 6933