gvaliquette Posted July 2, 2011 Share #1 Posted July 2, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Just seen on www.keh.com: Leica M 40 F2.8 ELMARIT-C BLACK WETZ (SERIES 5.5) 35MM RANGEFINDER MANUAL FOCUS STANDARD ANGLE LENS - KEH.com What do you all think? I thought I would never see this lens. (and no, I am not going for it) Guy Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted July 2, 2011 Posted July 2, 2011 Hi gvaliquette, Take a look here Elmarit 40mm f2.8. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
k-hawinkler Posted July 2, 2011 Share #2 Posted July 2, 2011 What's so special about this lens? Price seems pretty steep for BGN. K-H. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvaliquette Posted July 2, 2011 Author Share #3 Posted July 2, 2011 (edited) Erwin Puts's llcforweb.pdf: "6.6.18 2.8/40 Elmarit-C, 1973 This lens was initially planned as the standard lens for the Leica CL. A few hundred found their way into the public doamin, read the collectors. Its general performance is close to that of the Elmar 12.8/50mm At full aperture overall contrast is low, coarse detail is rendered with low contrast, but acceptable visibility. Finer detail is fuzzy and becomes blurred in the outer zones. Figuur 150: diagram 41 Vignetting is 1.5 stops. At 1:4 overall contrast jumps up, improving the definition of fine detail on axis, but in the field there is only a marginal improvement. Stopping down further brings in the clear definition of fine detail in the field. But even at optimum aperture, the performance is really below the standard of the day and it would have been bad for the reputation of Leitz if this lens had become the standard lens for the CL." Typos are Erwin's, as usual I guess that makes it somewhat special! Guy Edited July 2, 2011 by gvaliquette Added comment Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-hawinkler Posted July 2, 2011 Share #4 Posted July 2, 2011 Thanks, that's good to know. I ain't interested either. Best, K-H. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgk Posted July 3, 2011 Share #5 Posted July 3, 2011 They may be 'very rare' but there's one here too (!): The Classic Camera Ltd Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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