Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/05/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Harrison, Mikiro, While I have no direct experience of the Elmarit R 35mm, you might like to read CdI's comment on it (dates back a few years): "The performances go right through the ceiling: very good sharpness in the center at f2.8, excellent from there on! In the angles, good sharpness at f2.8, very good from there on! Distortion is well contained (0.3 pct only). Vignetting, visible at f2.8 (0.7 EV), very small at f4 (0.4 EV) and negligible from there on. It is as good as the Summicron f2, built just as nicely, and much less expensive: a bargain not to be missed! " The lens got 5 stars for its performances (4 for the summicron and 3 for the summilux). So, that looks like 'razor-sharp' to me. ;-) Alan On jeudi 20 mai 1999 20:06, Mikiro Mori [SMTP:arbos@silva.net] wrote: > Hi, This is just my humble impression . I used this lens for several years > and felt a reserved character. I remember it is not amazingly sharp. After > I got a 35/2M asph, it always remained on the shelf, and I parted with it. > Recently, however, I feel like using this lens again because I am now > interested more in older lenses than in the current razor-sharp ones. One > with the E55 thread for 400 USD is a bargain. > > Mikiro > > ----- > > At 11:36 am +0200 20/5/99, Harrison McClary wrote: > >>I would value any input regarding the Elmarit R 35mm lens. I see them > >>advertised for 300-500 an they seem like a bargin. I can live without the > >>extra stop since my basic lens is a 50 f2. > >> > >>Does anyone have an opinion good or bad about this lens? > > > >DAn, > > > >I used one of these about 7 years ago while working n Atlanta...don't > >know what version it was, but it was a very nice lens. It gave very nice > >slides and had good contrast...Seems I remember it being nicer than my > >old Nikkor 35 2.0, but that was a long time ago and my Nikkor at that > >point had been through hell and back several times over..... > > > >Harrison McClary > >email: harrison@mcclary.net > >http://www.mcclary.net > >preview my book: http://www.volmania.com > > >