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Subject: [Leica] Leitz Elmar 90 mm f/4
From: jshulman at judgecrater.com (jshulman@judgecrater.com)
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 17:04:33 -0400

I've used the Elmar C 90 for years.  Small, light, and very sharp.  It's 
also relatively cheap for a post 1960s Leica lens.

A while ago I was paging through a book of 1950s era photos by Leica 
photographers.  About a quarter were made with 90 mm lenses, while very few 
were made with anything wider than a 50.  That inspired me to dig out my 90 
for a day of shooting.

Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone

----- Reply message -----
From: "Daniel Ridings" <dlridings at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Jul 10, 2012 4:31 pm
Subject: [Leica] Leitz Elmar 90 mm f/4
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>

I've got three of them. One M-mount, one screw mount that looks like
yours, and one black one from the 40's that I had to clean up with
Sears Eye-glass cleaning fluid. Took the mushrooms right off the glass
and just might be the best of the three.


On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 10:29 PM, Daniel Ridings <dlridings at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> And keep loving ...
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/dlridings/4687036845/in/pool-504982 at N20/
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 10:27 PM, Daniel Ridings <dlridings at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>> A lens you just got'a love ...
>>
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/dlridings/4920186450/in/photostream
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 10:17 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> 
>> wrote:
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/Portfolio/071009_lhsa_rc_047b.jpg
>>> .html or
>>> http://tinyurl.com/7w9kker
>>>
>>> I shot this the above the day I bought it in Rochester from Jimmy of 
>>> Koh's
>>> cameras at the LHSA swap meet on Sunday.  Oct 14, 2007.
>>> For my IIIF.
>>>
>>> I did the shot with a 50 instead of 90 finder. As soon as I got back to 
>>> NY I
>>> put on the 90 finder which I'd got ahead of time as there was no doubt 
>>> in my
>>> mind I'd be getting a 90 for my LTM system in a very short wile.
>>>
>>>
>>> Here is a pic of me holding the lens for a fella from Spain's blog its 
>>> half
>>> way down the page
>>> http://elrectanguloenlamano.blogspot.com/2008_06_15_archive.html
>>> " Very beautiful screwmount Leitz Elmar 90 mm f/4, property of Mr Mark
>>> William Rabiner, LHSA member. Crowne Plaza Hotel lobby. Rochester (New
>>> York). October 14th 2007. Photo: Jos? Manuel Serrano Esparza.
>>> "
>>>
>>> The pic itself of the lens in my hand.
>>> http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QomDizboK-A/SFx0L0ALqTI/AAAAAAAAAXI/Bfgdeys30NY/s1
>>> 600-h/15.jpg or
>>> http://tinyurl.com/35f55x5
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> - - from my iRabs.
>>> Mark Rabiner
>>>
>>>
>>>
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