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Took a few shots around the dinner table on my M Monochrom
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A nice waitress at a neighborhood restaurant. M9 with 90mm Tele-Elmarit (thin)
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asiafish
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A nice waitress at a neighborhood restaurant. M9 with 90mm Tele-Elmarit (thin)
[/url]Janine L1005927-1 by brusbybrusby, on Flickr[/IMG]
Smooth bokeh and nice smile.
Oops, I edited the photo to reduce contrast just a tad and reposted to flickr. It seems the link broke here. I was able to re-link in my original post but not in your reply. Sorry. But thanks for the nice comments.
I really like this lens, especially for portraits -- sharp but not analytical. And I love the super small size and light weight.
I really like this lens, especially for portraits -- sharp but not analytical. And I love the super small size and light weight.
asiafish
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The modern Elmarit with the slide-out hood is the best, but also the heaviest. I like the Thin TE because it is really small and light. Looks like a 50 Cron with an erection.
Haha, thanks a lot, now I'm gonna need latex gloves to handle it.
But seriously, this lens is a true tele design and so it's shorter than the non-tele version of the same vintage. It's small and light enough to put in a shirt pocket.
I haven't compared mine to the other vintage Elmarit versions so I can't give you any first hand info. I do have a 1961 3 element Elmar f4 which is sharper wide open and really tiny too, but for portraits I prefer the tele-Elmarit for its one stop aperture advantage, better bokeh and slightly softer and more dreamy skin rendering.
The new Elmarit is incredibly sharp and a really great lens but it's quite a bit bit bigger and heavier than this diminutive classic.
One caveat though, beware that some of the older Canadian versions had a problem with coating degradation on the rear element. I'm pretty sure all the later issues and particularly the German versions were problem free.
But seriously, this lens is a true tele design and so it's shorter than the non-tele version of the same vintage. It's small and light enough to put in a shirt pocket.
I haven't compared mine to the other vintage Elmarit versions so I can't give you any first hand info. I do have a 1961 3 element Elmar f4 which is sharper wide open and really tiny too, but for portraits I prefer the tele-Elmarit for its one stop aperture advantage, better bokeh and slightly softer and more dreamy skin rendering.
The new Elmarit is incredibly sharp and a really great lens but it's quite a bit bit bigger and heavier than this diminutive classic.
One caveat though, beware that some of the older Canadian versions had a problem with coating degradation on the rear element. I'm pretty sure all the later issues and particularly the German versions were problem free.
asiafish
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The modern 90/2.5 (2.4) Summarit is about the same size as the last Elmarit, but lighter, weighing a bit more than the Tele Elmarit. The Summarit is probably the best performing travel weight 90mm Leica lens ever.
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