Re: [Leica] the new kid on the block and question #1

[Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>]

Marc James Small wrote:
> 
> At 02:38 PM 1999-01-04 -0700, Mark Rabiner wrote:
> >As your new to this you'll find much background of some of what I'm
> >saying and much needed info from Erwin Puts who is on the list and has a
> >website. He has an article on the 90's. Opposed to his and my opinions
> >on the state of the 90's are others on this list who just love their
> >little tele-elmarit's.
> 
> Mark
> 
> You might want to re-read Erwin's comments on the skinny Tele-Elmarit.
> He's not nearly as negative as you seem to think he is.  It is arguably
> Leica's finest 90mm lens until the current 2.8/90.
> 
> I have a skinny Tele-Elmarit.  I have a collapsible 4/90, which I love.  I
> have a current 2.8/90 Elmarit.  I have a current 2/90.  I have used every
> Leica permutation of the 90mm length, including a brief spate with a
> three-element 4/90.  I love 'em all, as this is, mayhaps, my first choice
> in focal lengths.  But the current 2.8/90 IS the best -- my shots of the
> late and lamented Charming Cindy proved that to me!
> 
> Marc
He infers the one before it was better and it what the current is based
on. I had read the current was made with NASA Specs and money.
Mark