Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/26

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 90 Tele-Elmarit
From: Christer Almqvist <chris@almqvist.net>
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 21:41:33 +0000

My only version of the (thin) 90 2.8 tele, bought used a few years ago, is
the best (sharpness and contrast) Leica lens I have.

Chris

>My first version of the (thin) 90 2.8 tele, bought new in the mid 60's, was
>the best (sharpness and contrast) Leica lens I ever had. Not just a memory,
>as I still have the slides and negatives from that time to confirm. It is
>the only Leica lens I truly regret selling (in the late 60's to help pay for
>grad school). The same lens (model), bought some years later, was just not
>as outstanding.
>
>sam alexander


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