Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Gene, > Thanks for reminding us of the Summarit line. The 2.5/90 looks like a > viable alternative to the ZM 4/85 Tele-Tessar, although both lack the > built-in lens hood (why?) and I prefer chrome. Still looking for a used > late > chrome 2.8/90mm Elmarit-M. > Jan > > ... On the other hand Leica has their Summarit line which are much lower > in > cost, just a bit more than the ZM offerings, and a max aperture of 2.5, and > actually Leica designs, made by Leica in Germany. And performance and > build > are up to Leica specs. You may want to take a look at them as an > alternative to the more expensive Summicrons, and Summilux's. Several LUG > members have them and like them. > > Gene > I can personally recommend your first choice the 2.8/90mm Elmarit-M used. I can almost part with mine but not quite as I also have a Summicron Asph APO. And I kept both becaue I'd have two camera bodies going one with black and white and one with color and a short tele Is my bread and better; people on the backdrop or on location. The word " Summarit" bother me. I don't want it written on anything I own. And I think it was ill conceived. I'm fond of ASPH's and Apo's and cutting edge things in a Leica lens or any lens I get new. If I want a luddite lens with old fashioned techniques I'll get an older lens. A Leitz lens made in Wetzlar perhaps. That's how I approach it. The 2.8/90mm Elmarit-M is a phenomenal lens its development was funded by Nasa. To the moon without a rocket ship. [Rabs] Mark William Rabiner