Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bud Cook wrote: > > Lucien, > The current Elmarit is obviously the clear winner over the previous f2.8 > 90's but I'm not so sure I interpret Erwin's tests as placing the > Tele-Elmarits ahead of the first Elmarit. The original Elmarit has higher > contrast and in another summary of these lenses, Erwin stated that Leitz had > difficulty matching the performance of the first Elmarit. > It's academic in any case since I doubt most people would see the > differences in the first three versions except that the lens head of the > first Elmarit makes a darn fine macro lens. > Regards, > Bud ><snip> IMHO When Erwin tells us "that Leitz had difficulty matching the performance of the first Elmarit" that's Erins subtle way of telling us we have a real woof woof on our hands whose name aint Hectar. Mark Rabiner Was Elmarit the name of his goldfish?