Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/08/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gary Todoroff wrote: >>Please let us know, Don. My 135 TeleElmarit has been my biggest Leica disappointment. Even at middle apertures on a tripod with Velvia, images remind me of an early zoom lens I used years ago on a Ricoh Singlex. The glass is perfect and nothing rattles - has anyone else had experience wit= h poor images and had Leica or other repair fix the poor performance?<< I received the Elmarit 135 f/2.8 yesterday. I shot one roll of Kodak TMAX400CN B&W with it and my 135 Hektor. My Hektor has always pleased me extremely with its photographic quality. Well I can only say that the 13= 5 Elmarit seems to have outdone the Hektor. Part of it may be the ability = to achieve more accurate focus on close-ups with the Elmarit, none the less the image quality of the Elmarit is quite stunning. In producing fine detail it seems to surpass the Hektor by a small margine. Tonal quality = of the prints is extremely pleasing as is the out of focus area (bokeh). = I realize this isn't much of a test but it's what I have so far, and so f= ar I am extremely pleased with this lens. I think I have a real winner here= =2E My Elmarit is of 1970 vintage, made in Canada, removeable lens head, 2 stage extensible lens hood, scalloped focusing ring, and is of the old (o= r original) optical design (the rear lens element appears concave when view= ed from the rear, new fomula has a rear element that appears convex when viewed from the rear). = Regards, Don