Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]slobodan, although your experiences with older leitz lenses seems most unfortunate, it is not representative of the experiences most list members have as a whole. i have an older 90 summicron and can state the construction is "bulletproof". i have seen the cv 90 and it is no match in sturdiness. - -john >From: "olivier nguyen" <oliviertnguyen@hotmail.com> >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 23:02:38 -0500 > >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 _________________________________________________________________ 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