Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html