Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mine was the same. Particularily at wide apertures. Sent it to Sherry. She degunkified it. Now it's sharp with no flare. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Collier" <jbcollier@powersurfr.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 12:35 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Tele-Elmarit > All I can say is that this lens must suffer from significant sample > variation. My brand new one had troubles with flare. Heck, it would even > flare if there were light tones in the photo! I sold it and bought the > 90/2.8 Elmarit which I later traded up to a 90/2AA. Both these lenses are > stunning performers. > > John Collier > > > From: Marc Attinasi <marc@attinasi.org> > > > > The 90mm Tele-Elmarit rocks! Don't let anyone tell you otherwise; it is > > an amazing performer and incredibly compact. Not to mention inexpensive... > > > > Who cares if such-and-such a 90mm is better? The 90 TE is capaple of > > taking great pictures and it is a joy to handle. If you get a lot of > > money later, get a super 90mm APO Aspheric monster and compare them - > > you may want to keep both as they suit different purposes. > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html