Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/01/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hmm. There are those of us who don't find the 4/90 collapsible Elmar 'ugly'! Many of the aftermarket lenses you mention aren't really competitive in today's world -- the Serenar and Steinheil aren't bad, but aren't great, either. A Schacht Travenar would be a better choice if you could run one down, though only the 3.5/135 is common these days. The 2/85 Jupiter-9 is a fine lens, being a clone of the Prewar Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar, and a late one will possibly be multi-coated. I'd check with Mark Chaney, that stalwart purveyor of things Soviet and Post-Soviet for that: his e-mail is <chano@teikyopost.edu>. SHAMELESS COMMERCIAL MESSAGE: There are a zillion more aftermarket lenses, but you'll have to await the impending release of my NON-LEITZ LEICA THREAD-MOUNT LENSES: A THIRTY-NINE MILLIMETER DIVERSITY, due out momentarily from Rita Wittig, to read the saga of these sterling optics. The current 2.8/90 Elmarit is HIGHLY praised by those whose opinions I trust, but I've never used one. The earlier 2.8/90's I've owned and used, but they never did a lot for me. The current 2/90 is a wonderful lens, but a bit on the large side (though NOT as big a mass, at all, as the older 2/90 Summicron!). Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!