Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> -----Original Message----- > From: Anderson, Ferrel > Sent: Thursday, December 10, 1998 11:07 AM > To: 'Leica Users Group' > Subject: 100mm f4 Macro Elmar for bellows > > In perusing the latest product promotion brochure entitled "Leica. The > Program", I noticed that although the Bellows -R is still offered, the > 100mm f4 Macro Elmar short mount lens is no longer listed. That lens has > been around for a long time without an optical recomputation. Are they > planning on offering a new computation, or are they discontinuing this > lens? > > I was never happy with the performance of the 100mm Macro Elmar that I > owned. It matched my other lenses in sharpness at f11 - f22, but was not > exceptional at wider apertures. My 60mm Macro Elmarit-R and 100mm APO > Macro Elmarit-R lenses are head and shoulders above the 100mm Macro Elmar. > Even my black 65mm Elmar is better. Anyone have an opinion on the > performance of this lens, and any information on what Leica is planning? > > Ferrel Anderson