Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/06/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11.39 1996-06-08 PDT, you wrote: >At 09:40 AM 08/06/96 -0700, Mark McCormick wrote: > >>By the way I've been lurking for a while, just bought my first leica (a >>lowley CL) and am looking for a very inexpensive 90 for it, anyone? Many Cl cameras have a bad contrast (deteriorates with age) in the measuring field of the rangefinder, and are difficult to focus. Hope yours is OK... >I can't supply you with a 90, but from my experience with the CL, I think >you'll find the German made Tele-Elmarit-M superior to the Canadian made >Elmar-C, which was made for the CL. The Tele-Elmarit was sharper, and had a >much better "feel". The Elmar-C somehow managed to lack the silky >smoothness we all associate with Leica lenses. > My first Leica was a Cl, bought in 1974. I used a Tele-Elmarit M on it, but I never got a sharp picture with this lens, until I used it on a M4! Why? Rangefinder couplings are different on M and Cl lenses. The books say: A) M-lenses focus OK on the Cl-body B)Cl-lenses don t focus correct on M-bodies. But according to my own experiences, the above A) is not 100% true! So therefore my advice to Mark McCormick is: Buy the 90/4 Elmar C! (Please correct me if I am wrong, but I think the Minolta Cle has the M-type of rangefinder coupling?!?) Regards, Hans