Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:03 PM 5/8/99 -0400, you wrote: >Mr. Small, to you this may be a "non-starter" but Mr. Laurel's comments in >response to the issue were of great interest to me since I had been on the >verge of putting my name on the waiting list for a 90 mm APO-ASPH M. After >Mr. Laurel's comments which follow, the new 90 may not be worth the expense >and wait. Mr. Laurel wrote: > >"The improvement over my current Elmarit 90 is marginal. I am keeping both >because I still prefer the Elmarit for travel as it is smaller and uses E46 >filters as do my other travel lenses - the Elmarit 28 and Summilux 35 ASPH. >Having a single filter size to deal with is very convenient and the flip >polarizer works with the E46 lenses. The E55s are too large. > > >The question started out as to the true country of origin of the lens. >Neither you nor Mr. Grant shed any light on that question. Now, others with >some first hand knowledge have apparently settled the question and that is >the lens at least has Germany stamped on it. > >I am indebted to Mr. Laurel for providing INFORMATION. > There is something in the air, or water, or both this weekend. Yes, Jim supplied valuable commentary about his opinion of the photographic quality of the lens - that has NOTHING to do with where it is or is not manufactured. And the question of place of manufacture is what I believe Marc Small was so aptly trying to characterize as a "non-starter" - except, he said, for the historically minded and collectors. >