Author Topic: The Leica 90mms... a mine field  (Read 6077 times)

bjornthun

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Re: The Leica 90mms... a mine field
« Reply #15 on: December 17, 2015, 15:53:15 »
I have tried the Leica M90/2 pre-Asph E55 version, and I was disappointed. It is sharp in the center at f/2, but gets soft outside of the center. You need to stop diwn to f/5.6 for sharp corners. The 90/2.8 Elmarit-R is much more well behaved. I've not tried the 90/2 Asph. The Voigtländer 90/3.5 is very nice.

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Re: The Leica 90mms... a mine field
« Reply #16 on: December 20, 2015, 06:02:01 »
Thanks Bjorn,  I have a guy with the Summarit 90 f2.4 coming to India next month but had pretty much decided to go for 90 2.8 Elmait and a Minolta 90 f4.   A well known London dealer sold a C/V 90 f3.5 Lanthar , at a good price, before I could contact him  :( .  Another friend is trying to talk me into a Summicron 35 f2 ASPH but a bit too much for playing with adapters  ;)

I had an SMS from Zeiss on Thursday promising the Batis 85 delivered by Christmas Eve but nothing heard since  :(

I wish the FE 35 f2.8 was a bit cheaper .  Nice to have a small AF 35mm for candids.
Cheers,
Tom
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Re: The Leica 90mms... a mine field
« Reply #17 on: December 20, 2015, 10:31:32 »
I wish the FE 35 f2.8 was a bit cheaper .  Nice to have a small AF 35mm for candids.
Tom, I have one for sale now that I bought the FE 35/1.4 ;D

Just shoot me a PM when interested.
Cheers,
Jan Anne