Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/12

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Subject: [Leica] Macro Comparison Leica v. Yashica
From: telyt at earthlink.net (Doug Herr)
Date: Tue Apr 12 20:28:41 2005
 
on 4/12/05 6:09 PM, Don Dory at dorysrus@mindspring.com wrote:

> C'mon guys, this is a generational thing.  The 100 Elmar is a very old
> design.  Comparing apples to apples would have the 60 Elmar against the
> Yashica.  I don't think anyone would say that the first Summicron is
> better than the current 50 F1.8 Canon.  You might prefer the look but if
> you look at contrast and resolution the newer designs will win.
> 
> Don
> dorysrus@mindspring.com
> 

The 60mm Elamrit-R is an older design than the 100 Elmar.  Still very much a
competetive performer.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com
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