Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/11

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Subject: Re: [Leica] help with M 135mm lenses
From: Jay Kumarasamy <jayk@cisco.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 17:17:46 -0800 (PST)
 
Thanks Marc.

- - Jay

> 
> Optically, I would go for the Elmar.  This is a "long-focus lens", 135mm in
> length.  The Tele-Elmar is a tele-photo, optically compressed.  I owned and
> shot with both for more than five years, and never found a substantial
> difference between them.  But, I would suspect the Elmar to be a tad
> sharper and with better resolution, as less optical compromises went into
> its design.
> 
> Marc
> 
> msmall@roanoke.infi.net  FAX:  +540/343-7315
> Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!
> 
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