Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Slobodan, have you ever use CV 21mm with M6? can you tell me anything about this lens interm of light fall off at f4 and f5.6? i recently try kobalux f2.8 21mm lens and there is light fall off at f4 already. I look for 21mm lens but leica 21mm lens is out of my budget. please help Olivier >From: S Dimitrov <sld@earthlink.net> >Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: Re: [Leica] Which budget 90mm lens >Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 19:21:14 -0800 > >For one, first replace the CV 25 for a CV 21. Then get the 90 CV. Forget >that antiquated Leitz debris from another era. While the Leitz glass had >its merits, you want to use your glass until it drops dead. Which means >that whatever elusive worth it might have, in a future that might or >might not exist, is completely irrelevant. I myself have cooked at least >five 35mm 'crons, three DR 50's, and a handfull of 90's, leaving them >for the refuse heap, not even salvageable for spare parts. The only >thing that mattered, and matters to this day, were the images. > > Slobodan Dimitrov > > > >Victor Tavernini wrote: > > > > I hate posting this kind of question ... but here goes > > anyway ... > > > > I'm on a tight budget (<$500) for a 90mm to expand my > > kit (M3, 25/4 Skopar & current model 50/2 Summicron). > > > > My choices are down to - > > > > 1. 90/4 Elmar in M mount ... either collapsible or > > rigid. $200-$300 > > > > 2. 90/3.5 Voigtlander ... pretty good lens according > > to reviews. $400 (with adapter) > > > > 3. First model 90/2.8 Elmarit. $500 (not mint, but > > great glass) > > > > Which one is a 'best buy'? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Victor Tavernini > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games > > http://sports.yahoo.com > > -- > > 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 _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html