Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/01

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Subject: [Leica] Tele-Elmarit
From: Louis DiBacco <louis.dibacco@snet.net>
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 23:38:34 -0500
 
> No, sir.  A bunch of us have owned and loved the skinny Tele-Elmarit, and
> most of us have been quite careful to identify the version to which we are
> referring.  I have owned and used ever 2.8/90 version and find the current
> Elmarit optically stunning.  The skinny Tele-Elmarit, though, was a winner
> of a lens, light and fast and easy in use, with sound optical performance.

I had a 2.8 Tele-Elmarit 4 element, bought new in 1974, (stolen in 1990,
& good riddance!) and it was the worst lens I've ever owned. I had sent
it back to Leica 2 times to rid of flare. Something to do with the
internal baffle. They couldn't get rid of the flare. I never used it.
The newer 2.8 (new for me in 1991) is excellent. 

Louis DiBacco