Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have been using the Summicron 2/90 for few years. I am perfectly satisfied with it regarding all its optical and mechanical qualities. But, looking back to these years of shooting, I realized that I very seldom used it at f2 (focusing the 90 in very low light is not so easy through the M6 finder): a few wedding close-ups (but almost all my "weddingable" friends have done it now, I am waiting for divorces...), and some theatre shots. I find now that the main drawbacks of this lens are its weight an length, not fitted imho with the usual weigth and size of M systems, nor with my weak shoulders (I love to travel light, m6+2/35+90+Metz+few films). My question is, in addition to the original post: How do the optical qualities of the Elmarit compare to the Summicron, especialy at F2.8 and F5.6/8 ? Thanks for your advices, - ---- Francois Jouve (Francois.Jouve@polytechnique.fr) Centre de Math. Appliquees, Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau (France)