Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:22 AM 7/30/99 -0300, George Berger wrote: > >My question: Can any of you who have bought and used the 25-35-50 f >4.0 please tell me what you think of its utility and quality? > George: I've had the Tri-Elmar for almost a year now, and it's become my most-used lens on the M6 (just ahead of the oft-maligned skinny 90 Tele-Elmarit, which normally sits on the M3). BTW, it's range is 28-35-50. It took some getting used to -- the focal-length ring is where you'd normally expect the find the focusing ring, and it lacks a DOF scale on the barrel. I shoot mostly B&W (TMY and Delta 400) in available light, and I've only had to resort to my older and faster glass in a few cases (pre-Asph 35 Lux and a SM Summarit). I'm not a professional, though, and I can see that someone who absoolutely had to get the shot in dim lighting might find the f4.0 to be a problem. Image quality is great. As someone noted a week or so ago, this is a great lens for walking around.///Dick Baznik