LeicaBraz Posted March 13, 2013 Share #1 Posted March 13, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) The Wiki states that one variant of the Vario-Elmar R 35-70 zoom 3.5 (the one with the E67 thread) was manufactured by "ELW". Any idea what "ELW" stands for? Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jay B Posted March 13, 2013 Share #2 Posted March 13, 2013 Ernst Leitz Wetzlar, as opposed to Ernst Leitz Canada Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tobey bilek Posted March 13, 2013 Share #4 Posted March 13, 2013 E.Leitz Wetzlar made all of them I believe. 35/70 F4 was a Cyocera product from Japan. 28/70 was a Sigma product, their design but cleaned up in quality. Exterior wise they look the same. There was a Japanese version before ELW that was not very good. Perhaps it was the Minolta one rebranded Leica which was a 35/70 with 60 mm filter. The ELW had same spec, but a bigger filter . I still have all three, all but the ELW. Some day they will get the Leitax mount ring. Image Detail for - The Minolta MD ZOOM 35-70 mm f/ 3.5 Lens. Specs. MTF Charts. User ... Hope the link works. My Leica 35/70 4.0 looks to be the same as this Minolta which was replaced by ELW which was replaced by 35/70 4.0. This is the ELW 3.5 67 mm filter. All were German made Leica Vario Elmar R 35 70mm F 3 5 35 70 3 5 E67 3 Cam Germany 12I038 | eBay Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted March 18, 2013 Share #5 Posted March 18, 2013 E.Leitz Wetzlar made all of them I believe. 35/70 F4 was a Cyocera product from Japan. There were two versions of the 35/70 3.5. Optically the same lens but some were made in Japan (by Minolta) and others were assembled in Leica Germany. One big difference with the German version is that the front lens didn't rotate as you focus, making it easier to use polarising or graduated filters. The later f4 lens is Kyocera, Japan. Personally I would choose a 35 Summicron and 90 Elmarit instead. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobey bilek Posted March 20, 2013 Share #6 Posted March 20, 2013 I can`t spell worth beans and Japanese proper nouns are not in spell check. Just checked and my Minolta/Leitz clearly says f 3.5. The last one , 35/70 is F 4.0 and except for distortion is a decent lens. the ELW 35/70 3.5 was between the the two and the only one with 67 mm filter size. Other two are 60mm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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