Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]As I see it, a better budget tele for Leica-M is the 1960:s Elmarit 90/2,8. Price is up with $100, but you get a whole extra stop, and it is a very good lens for little money. Other options are the Elmar-C 90/4,0 (for Leica CL) and M-Rokkor 90/4,0 (for Minolta CLE), that are in $300 price range. OTH they are similar to the skinny Tele-Elmarit that you dislike. Still another option is the M-mount Elmar 90/4,0. An old LTM Elmar would be my last choice, unless I also owned a LTM-body. The adaptor ring will also cost some money. /Hans >I am thinking of getting a 90/4 Elmar screwmount as a budget tele. Are >there pros and cons like black vs. chrome or some years better than others >with this lens? I seem to remember posts about people still using these >older lenses w/ adapters but don't recall the specifics. I just can't >spend 500.00+ for a lens that I will use very infrequently. I never really >liked my skinny (mid 80's) 90/2.8 Tele-Elmarit I had years ago but if I can >get close to its performance for around 250.00 I might go for that. BTW, >are hoods still available for these lenses? If you have/use one of these >screwmount 90/4 Elmars, please let me know how you like it. > > >Thanks > >Mark > > >