Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/11/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, I got the same results for less money when I bought a used Hektor 73mm f/1.9 LTM lens. Finally traded it and never looked back. ;-) Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2010 3:57 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Rangefinder error on M9 > About the only thing on the LUG a decade ago everybody could agree on was > their Tele Elmarit which they'd sold off usually years before was a > blooper > in their Leica careers. Mine I could not make a good print from. It had no > internal contrast. You could not get tones to separate. I was in deep > Leica > denial for a few years till I finally got a current Elmarit. Then zip I > was > back in business with Leica gain on my white backdrop. > > I could not figure out how I could spend $450 (used) on a lens and have it > not render an image you could do anything with. And made by Leica. > > > -------------------- > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > mark at rabinergroup.com > Cars: http://tinyurl.com/2f7ptxb > > > > >> From: Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2010 11:34:05 -0600 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Rangefinder error on M9 >> >> On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 10:33 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> >> wrote: >> >>> The Tele-Elmarit was a disaster on wheels from the get go >>> >> >> Mine was not a disaster, I am really happy with it for film. >> >> It is pocketable, discreet, light, and well balanced on an M camera. >> >> It just has some minor problems on digital mostly wide open, in close. >> If >> you use it as a short tele, it works pretty good. >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Sonny >> http://sonc.com/look/ >> Natchitoches, Louisiana >> >> USA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >