Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/07/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 3:16 PM, Ric Carter <ricc@mindspring.com> wrote: > don't you hate a slump? > > just plucked an elmar 90 from the bay (auction). any helpful advice on the > little sucker? Make sure it is clean. You can do that yourself. Almost all 90 Elmars I've run across let you screw them about (with your bare hands) and you can get to all the elements you need to clean, even the internal ones. Don't be afraid to shoot it all over the board ... f4 to f11. I've never gone smaller than f11 and I only did then: http://dlridings.net/blog/?p=31 Because the sun was so bright and I was already at 1/1000. The "shadow side" of Ewa was at 5.6 http://dlridings.se/gallery/v/Shoebox/2008-06/08v26-0015.jpg.html Use a lens-shade. I don't know which Elmar you have. There are basically two variants when it comes to shades, the older kind that you clamp on or the more recent, 12575 shade (for the Tele-Elmarit and others like that). I got tired of carrying around the 90/2.0 Summicron. I don't use a 90 very often and it was just in the way. The 90/4 is a lens I can just stuff in an extra pocket of my bag or jacket. Thanks for taking a look. I'll pull out of my slump. Best, Daniel