Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Fri, 29 December 2000, K K Hui wrote: > > I understand that Leica had stopped the production of the Elmarit-R > 90/2.8 already. Is the Summicron-R 90/2 that much better (optical > performance) so Leica is still producing it?? Or is there a replacement > in the pipe line? I think the 90mm Summicron-R has also been discontinued. The Elmarit's optical performance is superb, but sales of new equipment at Leica prices is in the fast (f/1.4) and APO (100mm Elmarit-R) lenses. Doug Herr Sacramento http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt ___________________________________________________ The ALL NEW CS2000 from CompuServe Better! Faster! More Powerful! 250 FREE hours! Sign-on Now! http://www.compuserve.com/trycsrv/cs2000/webmail/