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LucisPictor
Joined: 26 Feb 2007 Posts: 17633 Location: Oberhessen, Germany / Maidstone ('95-'96)
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Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 3:05 pm Post subject: Need advice... Would you buy a Leica Elmarit-R 2.8/35.... ? |
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LucisPictor wrote:
Would you buy a Leica Elmarit-R 2.8/35 (Leicaflex edition) in "B" condition, i.e. clean glass, cosmetically slightly used for Euro 100,-? (With the possibility to return within two weeks.)
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bob955i
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Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 3:09 pm Post subject: |
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bob955i wrote:
If you can bolt it on to your camera, then I'd say yes because the two week grace period gives you a chance to get some informed opinion here and try the lens out for yourself.
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poilu
Joined: 26 Aug 2007 Posts: 10469 Location: Greece
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Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 3:18 pm Post subject: |
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poilu wrote:
Of course Yes _________________ T* |
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LucisPictor
Joined: 26 Feb 2007 Posts: 17633 Location: Oberhessen, Germany / Maidstone ('95-'96)
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Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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LucisPictor wrote:
Cheers! I try to get it. _________________ Personal forum activity on pause every now and again (due to job obligations)!
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Richard_D
Joined: 21 Oct 2007 Posts: 2378 Location: Faversham Kent UK
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Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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Richard_D wrote:
Signs of barrel wear can be a good sign - poor lenses don't get much use. Barrel wear but clean glass is always fine by me... _________________ Richard
The interesting bit:
Nikkors: 20mm f2.8 AIS, 24mm f2.8 AIS, 28mm f2.8 AIS, 35mm f2 AIS, 50mm f1.4 AI, 50mm f1.48AI, 50m f2 AI,
55mm f3.5 AI'd, 105mm f4 AI, 135mm f2.8 AI'd, 135mm f3.5 AI'd, 200mm f4 AI'd .
Nikon E Series: 100mm f2.8 .
Soviet Nikon Mount: Zenitar 16mm f2.8, Arsat/arax/photex 85mm T&S f2.8 .
Other: Asahi Super Takumar 55 mm f2 (M42) ,Tamron 300mm f5.6 SP, Tamron 500mm f8 SP.
DSLR: Nikon D700. 35mm SLRsNikon FE, Pentax S1a.
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Orio
Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 29545 Location: West Emilia
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Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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Orio wrote:
Ok based on reports I read, the first version of Elmarit-R 35 (serial number until 2.517.857) is not much exciting.
I have the second version and it's a stellar performer, but the optical scheme was redesigned.
However, it's always a Leica so it can't be a bad lens.
You have to decide if you think opportune to spend 100 Euros on the lens, considering that -based on reports- it's probably not going to be so much better than the Nikkor 2/35 that you already have. It will probably be better than the Nikkor stopped down, but at full aperture I read that the first version Elmarit has noticeable problems with corner quality and vignetting.
Try it and see, if you plan to use it stopped down for maximum landscape DOF, then it can be a good buy.
If you plan to use it also wide open, like for closeups of nature or objects, where narrow DOF is important, then my advice is to buy a Distagon 2.8/35, which can be purchased for about the same money, and whose wide open performance is very good (not to mention the total absence of geometrical distortion) in both the AE and MM versions.
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LucisPictor
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Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 8:29 pm Post subject: |
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LucisPictor wrote:
Thanks, Orio, I have read reports about this lens that say up to "quite OK, with some problems" up to "excellent".
You know that, with the Nikkor-O 2.0/35, I do not need another 35mm lens, really.
But it is kind of nice to have a Leica lens in my collection and to be able to "compare" some very nice 35mm lenses with some kind of "reference".
And getting an original Leica for € 100,- is very hard.
This and the fact that I have the chance to try it, made me go for it.
But, I will see, perhaps the seller has already sold it... _________________ Personal forum activity on pause every now and again (due to job obligations)!
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