Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/05/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 06:38 PM 5/16/96 +0200, Gerard Captijn wrote: > > >Of Leica's 4 90mm lenses, the Elmarit-M, the Tele-Elmarit-M, the > >Tele-Elmarit and the Elmarit, todays Elmarit-M is the best, followed by the > >Elmarit in second-, the Tele-Elmarit-M in third- and the Tele-Elmarit in > >fourth position. Don't get too exited about the classification though, the > >differences are small, show predominantly wide open and almost disappear > >when stopping down. > What's the difference between the Tele-Elmarit and the Tele-Elmarit M? Most of my books only refer to the Tele-Elmarit as either "thin" or "fat," or they use the term "new or old" optical design. One of them does refer to the Tele-Elmarit M, but then makes no further distinctions. Thanks Stephen