Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/14

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Subject: [Leica] R 90mm Elmarit's.. Now: upgrade
From: Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)
Date: Wed Apr 14 12:24:31 2004
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His wife and other women might not like the results. :-)

Jim - http://www.hemenway.com



Douglas Herr wrote:

> Jim Hemenway <Jim@hemenway.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>In that case may I suggest the 90mm Summicron-R.  I don't see how a 90mm 
>>APO-Summicron-R ASPH can be much sharper.
>>
>>Jim - http://www.hemenway.com
>>
>>eric korenman wrote:
>>
>>
>>>NAW- gimme sharp sharp sharp!
>>>
>>>Eric
>>
> 
> As much as I like the 90mm Summicron-R - and I think it's a superb portrait lens - if Eric wants sharp sharp sharp the non-APO 90 doesn't have the same mind-boggling detail-recording ability of the APO lenses, based on my experience with the 100 APO.
> 
> 
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com





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