Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/28

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 2.8/90 Original Elmarit
From: Bud Cook <budcook@ibm.net>
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 15:57:52 -0600

Marc,
I was just going by my interpretation of Erwin's tests.  I may have
misunderstood the information.
Bud

Marc James Small wrote:

> At 10:02 AM 1998-10-28 -0600, Bud Cook wrote:
> >You should have the original 90mm Elmarit-M.  It was followed by two
> >versions of the 90mm Tele-Elmarit and then the current 90mm Elmarit.   This
> >lens is ranked behind the current 90mm Elmarit but probably better than the
> >two versions of the Tele-Elmarit.
>
> I've owned and used all three of these.  The optical performance simply
> gets better as the years go on:  the original 2.8/90 is a fine lens, the
> 2.8/90 fat Tele-Elmarit is a nicer lens, the skinny Tele-Elmarit quite a
> bit better, yet, and the current lens is, from every account, absolutely
> out of this world.
>
> Bud, I like the original Elmarit, but it cannot hold a candle to the later
> Tele's nor to the current lens.
>
> Marc
>
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