Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/07

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Subject: Re: [Leica] tele-elmarit
From: "Steve Barbour" <kididdoc@home.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 15:30:30 -0700
References: <000501c19733$81977e80$0200a8c0@mediaone.net> <003d01c19792$6782a880$8c5bfea9@dan14dyp3s7zcg>

Hi Dan.....One thought that recurs to me concerns  the existence of several
different  "thin 90 TE's " ,  as you know...summarized at Gandy's
Cameraquest. Are we speaking of one lens or 4-5 different types of  thin 90
TE's  ?   It would be interesting to survey peoples' opinions with this
information considered in the  survey....Steve



> I want to thank everyone for the lively discussion about the 90s!
> I had a Summicron 90 in chrome--- HEVVY-DOOTY! Sold it, and have since
been
> satisfied using a 1932 90/4 Elmar!!! Good portrait lens, but I would like
a
> newer optic at times, and the discussion has helped me make up my mind!
> I am still amazed at the different opinions about the same lens- and I
don't
> think it is all a matter of differences in QC, as was advanced at one
> point... I think the 'Human Factor' which is more widely variable than
> Leitz' QC is the reason there are so many diverse opinions! Truly,
different
> strokes for different folks!!  :o)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "tlianza" <tlianza@mediaone.net>
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 11:26 PM
> Subject: [Leica] tele-elmarit
>
>
> > I have a thin tele elmarit and the pre-aspheric 90mm.  I found that the
> > perfomance of the tele-elmarit was very close to that of the 90 mm
> > summicron.  I ran a number of resolution tests and the resolution of
both
> > lenses was  identical at f5.6 and f11. at f2.8 the Summicron seemed to


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Replies: Reply from "Dan Post" <dpost@triad.rr.com> (Re: [Leica] tele-elmarit)
Reply from Stephen Gandy <leicanikon@earthlink.net> (Re: [Leica] tele-elmarit)
In reply to: Message from "tlianza" <tlianza@mediaone.net> ([Leica] tele-elmarit)
Message from "Dan Post" <dpost@triad.rr.com> (Re: [Leica] tele-elmarit)