Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/06/17

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Subject: Re: Steinheil Munchen 85mm
From: tmwyse@centuryinter.net
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 97 17:52:19 GMT

> Steinheil made a succession of good to really good lenses in LTM.  The
> 2.8/85 Culminar is a solid performer, on par with Schacht, but certainly
> not up to Zeiss or Nikon/Canon standards.  Reasonably good saturation and
> illumination, good resolution and contrast, all at several stops down.  At
> f/4, you'd be better off with an Elmar.
> 
> Marc
> 
> 
> msmall@roanoke.infi.net  FAX:  +540/343-7315
> Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!
> 
> 
Marc,
    Thank you for the reply, I knew you would know about nearly any
lens.  I guess I made a lucky deal on this on for ten bucks..it
makes up a little for some other things where I wasn't quite so
lucky.
Thanks,
Tom