Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> The 90mm/2.8 tele-elmarit is reported to have problems with flare > something the 90mm/2 is said to more or less eliminate. Christian, it _must_ be the other way around. The 90/2.0 Summicron (older version) flares easily (and I mean EASILY). I have a whole roll of film that I shot with it on midsummer eve, late in the day when the sun was lower) and I can only salvage the shots where the sun was in my back. They weren'te very interesting, so none of them made it into the story. It was enough to have the sun a little to the side and the whole frame gets washed out. I just got some extra money (maybe you did too ... it's payday for those of us who paid too much tax in Norway last year) and I'm seriously thinking about replacing it with the a current version Elmarit-M. It's also light (ANYTHING is light compared to the older 90mm Summicron) and is a good performer. If I ever need f2.0 or better, I can always pull out the trusty F3 and 85 (OT). :) Or even better yet ... the D100 with the 50/1.8 Nikkor. Daniel > I'm interested in hearing about 90mm lenses, but here's the catch. I > am not interested in the summicron mainly because of price. Please let > me know your opinions on the Elmarits and other such ilk. > > Cheers, > > Doug Doyle > Vancouver. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html