Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It all depends on if you intend to take pictures or if you will use the lens in a laboratory on an optical bench and only shoot test targets. If the latter, then anything but the new M APO-ASPH Summicron will be disappointing. Just ask Erwin. For actual photography, the outgoing Summicron is a superb lens at any aperture, with a slight decrease in contrast at f/2 which may even help things in low-light high-contrast situations shooting reversal film; if you need the utmost in sharpness, stop this lens down to f/4 or beyond. The 90 Elmarit is slightly smaller, slightly sharper at f/2.8 especially in the near-focus distances. By f/2.8 the Summicron and Elmarit are virtually indistinguishable, and by f/4 you have to *pretend* to see a difference between any Leica M 90mm lens produced in the last two decades except the one made for the CL. Regards, Nigel On Sun, 22 Nov 1998 21:14:43 +0100 Christian Payot <christian.payot@span.ch> writes: >There were recently a lot of messages exchanges about the new M >Summicron 90. I woud ask how good is the old model. How does it >compare with M-Elmarit 90 ? > >Regards > Christian Payot > > ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]