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Originally Posted by doubice
The latest 1960's version of the 4/90mm Elmar was a three-element design, which is highly prized on the collector market. It was available in a standard and collapsible mount - both versions can be rather pricey, but not because of performance; rarther because of their scarcity.
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Jan,
may I present a dissenting opinion?
I am a lucky guy in that I inherited from my father one of the allegedly only 527 LTM 3-element Elmars. I have been using this lens since 1974 (my father was still alive at that time) mainly on M Leicas (via an original adapter ring), but also on LTM Leicas and, lately, on a Bessa R. From the very beginning I was stunned by the results this lens delivers, even wide open (I shoot slides almost exclusively). A few years ago, I did a test and compared this lens with inter alia an M-Rokkor 4/90 and a current Elmarit-M 2.8/90. The results confirmed my feelings over the years: This 3-element lens is a fantastic performer. It is almost as good as the current Elmarit, you would have to see shots side by side and projected very large to notice differences, if any.
The Rokkor lens is also very good, but vignetting is noticeable at f4 and 5.6, while the 3-element Elmar is completely free of vignetting.
Regards,
Andy