Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/07

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Subject: Re: [Leica] smallest Leica lens
From: Mark Kronquist <mak@teleport.com>
Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2002 16:21:23 -0600

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
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