Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/27

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Use 135mm Anymore?
From: Jeff Moore <jbm@jbm.org>
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 23:36:21 -0500
 
At 27 Oct 1998 15:23:59 -0500, Tina Manley <images@InfoAve.Net> wrote:

> I don't have a 135 yet but am thinking about it.  Which of these do you
> prefer?

I have the Tele-Elmar, and it's a damned fine lens (which I rarely use, but 
that's another topic).  BUT, you should really give serious consideration to 
the new one.  It's rumored to be shockingly good (my amateur's eyeballing of 
the published MTF curves certainly hints at that), and when I fondled one 
today, mounted on a camera, it felt significantly lighter.  I mean, it really 
felt, subjectively, more light compared to my memory of the Tele-Elmar than 
the specs would imply.  Maybe it's a weight-distribution thing.

 -Jeff Moore <jbm@jbm.org>