Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: When Good Lenses Go Bad
From: D Khong <dkhong@pacific.net.sg>
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 11:45:40 +0000
 
Mike Quinn wrote:
>The current 90/2.8 is the (non tele) elmarit. The old tele design is very
>compact but was rumored to be not as "good" as the non-tele version for head
>shots and other mid range targets.

Not to mention that it is a flary lens.  The 90 summicron is a better lens
for portraits once you get used to the slightly increased weight.

Dan K.