Guest guy_mancuso Posted April 15, 2007 Share #1 Â Posted April 15, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) I have to say for a 90 F4 lens this thing is really nice and sharp and does provide a lot of room to focus from a couple inches to infinity. yes maybe not the fastest lens around but the price is nice and also really small for travel. Just some playing around images with adapter , without and just the 90mm by itself. Not great images but was just giving it some workout Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest guy_mancuso Posted April 15, 2007 Share #2 Â Posted April 15, 2007 Couple more. Trying to get the energy up to do my taxes, at least i have a few deductions thanks to leica. Not sure i can even writeall the money spent on this stuff , they won't believe me. LOL Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinb Posted April 15, 2007 Share #3 Â Posted April 15, 2007 Guy, How do you find this lens compared to the 90 elmarit? is it as good + macro? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted April 15, 2007 Share #4 Â Posted April 15, 2007 I do Martin I think it has the same qualties as the 2.8 Elamrit although a stop slower it has macro . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveEP Posted April 15, 2007 Share #5 Â Posted April 15, 2007 Nice samples Guy. This is on my wish list, but unfortunately the 135 apo cost me a new LV Hand Bag as well. I hate to think with the 90 Macro is going to cost Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonoslack Posted April 16, 2007 Share #6 Â Posted April 16, 2007 Grumble Grumble Hi Guy - I bought one of these too - registered it before I realised that it was: a) backfocusing badly soft generally. Â It's headed back to Solms to be sorted, but it's going to be a long wait, and won't be ready for the flowers in Greece next week. Â I'm encouraged by your saying that it's as sharp as the 90 elmarit - my elmarit is stunningly sharp - and although it isn't perfect for macro, it'll do for a reasonable close-up: Â Â do you have the macro adaptor for the 90mm f4? is it a fiddle to use? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marknorton Posted April 16, 2007 Share #7  Posted April 16, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Jono  I have the macro adapter and it's easy to use. I tend to leave the lens on the adapter so that mounting it is just like mounting a goggled lens and it can be mounted whether or not you are using the grip.  You probably know the 90/4 is mounted upside down in the macro adapter so that a different focussing cam is used.  Makes me wonder whether the focussing cam in yours has been fitted 180 degrees out! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterlenz Posted April 16, 2007 Share #8 Â Posted April 16, 2007 Yup, a very nice lens. I took it recently as my longest lens on a trip. What I dislike the most is that it is collapsible. Makes it hard to mount without removing the reversed hood first. An extra step. Can't mount by gripping front end as it is freely rotating, hood covers most of lens. Could they have made it rigid with two aperture scales? It would be a bit longer when not in use, however. Â Nice flowers! Spring is yet a month away for us in the frozen north. Saw fresh snow about 100 feet up this a.m., rained at sea-level yesterday. Tom Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guy_mancuso Posted April 16, 2007 Share #9 Â Posted April 16, 2007 Tom i put a 39mm round metal hood on mine that I picked up from e-bay , actually i have done this with almost all my Leica lenses is just use the round metal hoods . There cheap and do a great job plus on the 90mm you have something to grab and makes it a little easier to setup. Might be worth the 10 dollars to try it like this than that reversible contraption. LOL Â Guess i like things simple. LOL Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerasdoc Posted April 16, 2007 Share #10 Â Posted April 16, 2007 I think it's reasonably sharp. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterlenz Posted April 16, 2007 Share #11 Â Posted April 16, 2007 Tom i put a 39mm round metal hood on mine that I picked up from e-bay , actually i have done this with almost all my Leica lenses is just use the round metal hoods . There cheap and do a great job plus on the 90mm you have something to grab and makes it a little easier to setup. Might be worth the 10 dollars to try it like this than that reversible contraption. LOLÂ Guess i like things simple. LOL Â Sounds like a good idea although I do like the old Leica hood, which is the same model that has been used for years for slower 90-135's, but less of an issue on the other lenses during mounting! Tom Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanJW Posted April 16, 2007 Share #12 Â Posted April 16, 2007 I like to do flowers (mostly hibiscus) with a macro but don't have the 90mm. I do have a Visoflex III and a Bellows II, though not yet any lenses designed for it so I haven't neen using the M8 for this. (Mostly the 5D and Canon Macro 50 or even the DLux 3, but not satisfied). Â The 65mm is going for $600 or so, and I am considering getting rid of the Viso and the Bellows and going with the 90 macro. Any comparisons, subjective or objective of the Viso plus 65 (or some other combination) versus the 90 Macro would be appreciated. Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterlenz Posted April 16, 2007 Share #13  Posted April 16, 2007 I like to do flowers (mostly hibiscus) with a macro but don't have the 90mm. I do have a Visoflex III and a Bellows II, though not yet any lenses designed for it so I haven't neen using the M8 for this. (Mostly the 5D and Canon Macro 50 or even the DLux 3, but not satisfied). The 65mm is going for $600 or so, and I am considering getting rid of the Viso and the Bellows and going with the 90 macro. Any comparisons, subjective or objective of the Viso plus 65 (or some other combination) versus the 90 Macro would be appreciated. Thanks.  I do not have the 65 - find it overpriced for what you are getting and the reviews are not all that great, see Puts. The 90 macro is quite sharp - it is a new design whereas the 65's are decades old - (both versions). If you have the bellows and Viso already, all you need is the LTM adapter and you will probably do just as well with an enlarging lens if you do not want to fork over significant bux for a specialized macro lens such as a Macro Nikkor (these were made for the Multiphot) and are quite good but tend to be pricey. There are many other options too (Zeiss Luminars, Leitz Photars, etc.) but would require another adapter to get to LTM. See this web page: The Macrolens Collection Database Tom Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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