Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/07/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the tips. Mine is the screw mount from the 50s. Have a hood on the way. It doesn't seem to like pointing into the light. Optics look pretty clean, but the body is a little nasty. Unscrewing from focus mount helps a ton with cleaning glass. Ric On Jul 2, 2008, at 9:28 AM, Daniel Ridings wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information