*My advice: Save for the later Elmarit or Summicron... You'll ultimately have no regrets. Chris* * * Chris, no more big bucks on non-digital Leica. My R3, SL, elmarit 28, summicron 50&90 do the trick for me. I`m saving for R10d and some AF vario-elmars ;-) But I can get an elmarit-R 35mm 2-cam for 120 eur. Maybe Ted can give some insight info? Best regards, Miha 2008/12/16 Chris L <speleo_karst@xxxxxxxxx> > Miha, > > My advice: Save for the later Elmarit or Summicron... You'll ultimately > have no regrets. > > Chris > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Miha Golobic <miha.golobic@xxxxxxxxx> > *To:* leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 16, 2008 7:46:33 PM > *Subject:* [LRflex] Re: Is elmarit-R 35mm 1st version really that bad? > > These are the only samples of the lens i found on the net. Hard to judge. > > > http://rlfc.world.coocan.jp/Galleryfiles/R_Sample/Elmarit35I/Elmarit351.html > > > > Here is the rest of the R stable: > > http://rlfc.world.coocan.jp/Galleryfiles/R_Sample/rlensgallerymenu.html > > > Can someone show me (or point me to) some photos (on the net) made with the > elmarit in question? > > Thanks, > Miha > > > > > 2008/12/16 Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@xxxxxx> > >> Sorry, Miha, >> >> none today - seems like it never got bright at all - I won't forget >> though, I'm interested to see the difference too. And, just for fun, I'll >> run a few shots off a Rollei 2.8/35 mm as a comparison at the same time. >> >> Cheers >> Douglas >> >> Miha Golobic wrote: >> >>> Thank you guys for contributing! >>> Xavier and Chris, yes I know about the summicron-R. Great lens but three >>> times the price of the elmarit-R. BTW, I have an Oly XA with 2.8/35mm lens >>> and real rangefinder. Also found recently at the bottom of my photo bag ;-) >>> Douglas from Hannover, I`m not confusing you with Doug - The Birdman of >>> Sacramento. Since I`ve joined of this forum, only a dozen or so members are >>> active, so It`s easy to follow :-( And I`m looking forward to seeing some >>> test shots of yours. >>> Best regards, >>> Miha >>> >>> >>> 2008/12/16 <wildlightphoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto: >>> wildlightphoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> >>> >>> >Chris L wrote: >>> > >>> >>BTW: Having both the 35mm Elmarit version 2 and the Summicron >>> version 2, I can describe their subjective differences as follows: >>> > >>> >>> Oh duh! You already wrote it's the second version. >>> >>> Doug Herr >>> Birdman of Sacramento >>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com <http://www.wildlightphoto.com/> >>> >>> >>> ------ >>> Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: >>> http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ >>> Archives are at: >>> //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ >>> >>> >>> ------ >> Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: >> http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ >> Archives are at: >> //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ >> > > >