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PeterWerner · 04/27/08, 01:44 PM

Dugby,

In order to get something like the equivalent of a 50mm lens in 24x36mm format for my Digilux 3, I bought a second hand 28mm R-Elmarit, rather than the 24mm Elmarit, last year.

The 28mm Elmarit is praised in the literature and it is great indeed. This I found out when I used it in the Caribbean where 1:1.4 is certainly not what is urgently needed. Even at a distance of 30 to 40 cm (thanks to the floating element?) and at 2.8, the quality of that lens quite impressed me, to put it mildly. I should add that I was lucky enough to get hold of the 28mm Elmarit in its current version (built in 1993, ie apparently one of the very first of the current version). The current version of the 28mm Elmarit is described in the literature as rather superior to its predecessor which was built between 1970 and 1993.

I do not know the old 28mm Elmarit, but I can definitely recommend the new one. And 48mm or 50mm or 56mm should not make much of a difference in terms of focal length.

Kind regards,
Peter.

04/27/08, 01:44 PM	#6 (permalink)
PeterWerner Neuer Benutzer Join Date: 03/15/08 Posts: 8	AW: Leica Summilux 25mm f1.4 or Elmarit-R 24mm f2.8 Dugby, In order to get something like the equivalent of a 50mm lens in 24x36mm format for my Digilux 3, I bought a second hand 28mm R-Elmarit, rather than the 24mm Elmarit, last year. The 28mm Elmarit is praised in the literature and it is great indeed. This I found out when I used it in the Caribbean where 1:1.4 is certainly not what is urgently needed. Even at a distance of 30 to 40 cm (thanks to the floating element?) and at 2.8, the quality of that lens quite impressed me, to put it mildly. I should add that I was lucky enough to get hold of the 28mm Elmarit in its current version (built in 1993, ie apparently one of the very first of the current version). The current version of the 28mm Elmarit is described in the literature as rather superior to its predecessor which was built between 1970 and 1993. I do not know the old 28mm Elmarit, but I can definitely recommend the new one. And 48mm or 50mm or 56mm should not make much of a difference in terms of focal length. Kind regards, Peter.