Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]40mm Rokkor and Summicron and 25mm CV might be flatter if that matters Mark > From: Feliciano di Giorgio <feli@d2.com> > Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2002 15:49:59 -0800 > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] smallest Leica lens > > Henry Ting wrote: >> >> I'm thinking of getting the 50mm Elarmit collapsible >> lens. >> could someone using this lens comment on its >> performance ? I know it cannot match the 50mm cron and >> one stop slower, but other than that can I comfortably >> enlarge prints to 11 * 17? > > I've blown up shots from my 1945 50/3.5 to 11x14 and they looked great. > The new Elmar 50/2.8, which is sharper and has more contrast, supposedly > trails only slightly behind the Summicron in performance, but a lot of > people > like the Elmar's fingerprint. I sure like it's size compared to my DR. > > feli > -- > ________________________________________________________________________ > > When your head is full of dust and tofu it's easy to smile all the time. > -Ethan Ormsby > ________________________________________________________________________ > Feli di Giorgio * Compositing Supervisor > feli@d2.com * DIGITAL DOMAIN * (310) 314-2800 ext.3074 > -- > 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