Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, I have to admit that my tests were never so extreme. All I used mine on were shots of talking heads with sky in the background, with a smattering of site shots. The lenses always, always let me down. The only other comparison I had at the time was a 105mm Nikkor. Ultimately, I sold off the last 90 TE, with it's internal spongy coating problem and stayed with the 105mm. That was 12 years ago. I eventually sold off the Nikon gear, only keeping my 120 gear for commercial shooting. Only now with the R8, have I tried to re-intregrate my Leica gear into my editorial work. The last very real problem, 3 years ago, with a 90 was with the pre-apo, last version 'cron. It too, wide open, had a hideous flare problem. I sold that too and finally settled on the last version of the 90 Elmarit-R. A decision I never regretted. In particular, I had problems with the lens numbers from the period that the Leitz family allowed the company to sink into a toilet hole. I avoid those years like the plague, no matter how good sounding the deal might be. Slobodan Dimitrov tlianza wrote: > > Hi All, > > I was puzzled when I read these two comments about flare in the TE. Whenever > I travel, I take that lens and it has never let me down > > > Hi Greg: I have the Tele-Elmarit and if you use it when the light is soft > > and even, it works great, the problem begins when you have very bright > areas > > near the picture zone, because then you get flare, and I use the lens > hood. > > So there it is my experience with the lens. > > If you do not get flare, the performance is acceptable, good definition, > > sharp enough. > > What I like is the size and the price. > > > > > Forget shooting contre-jour with it. It'll flare out like nobody's > business. > > The new Elmarit-M blows it out of the water as though it was hit by a > > double barrel blast. > > I even prefer shooting with the Elmar over that F2.8. > > Here are two images taken last month off the northen coast of California > around sunset. > http://www.tlianza.com/90mmTE.htm > > As far as sharpness, it compares very favorably (particularly on axis) with > my 90mm f2 summicron (pre -ASPH). As a matter of fact, after about three > rolls of side by side images on negative and transparency media, I decided > the weight of the Summicron just didn't justify carting it around. (The > performance of the 75mm Summilux DOES justify carting it around...) From > what I understand the Elmarit-M is a phenomenal lens, but in my opinion, > this little guy carries his own weight (which is very light by the way) and > they are very reasonably priced (for a leica lens.....) > > As far as flare and internal reflections, the two images didn't show that > tendency. I had no lens hood on for either image but I did have a filter > because the wind was rather strong and the sand was beating the equipment. > > Tom Lianza > Technical Director > Sequel Imaging Inc. > 25 Nashua Rd. > Londonderry, NH 03053 > tlianza@sequelimaging.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