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M240 and Elmar-M 50mm/f2.8


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My venerable M9 now has a younger sibling, the M240. I have been collapsing my Elmar-M 50mm/f2.8 safely into the M9, mounting and dismounting extended, obviously. Can anyone, and the more, the more confident, confirm that I can do the same with the M240?

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Works perfectly. It's my go-to lens for trekking. A large number of the images in this set are with the little 50 Elmar 2.8. I find that it's sharp right across the frame and renders colours very naturally. All the images in this set were done with the Elmar (+ a lot of other landscape work on the site):

 

Enjoy!

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Carlos,

 

It's a great little lens. Extremely compact when retracted, and, at its optimum at f5.6, it actually outperforms the Summicron (IV) except in the very corners and matches the Summarit, again except in the very corners!

 

Guy

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I have been wondering about this lens for use on the M240. I don't have a copy, but it is a very affordable optic for the M camera series.

 

Does anyone have any M240/Elmar 50 images they can post?

 

Hi - I'm putting up a small number of full resolution JPEGs from the Elmar 2.8. Hope they give you an idea.

 

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/862415/example/L1006700.jpg

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/862415/example/L1006708.jpg

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/862415/example/L1006802-2.jpg

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/862415/example/L1008722.jpg

 

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I'm wondering about this one too. I now have a 50 APO, which is pretty compact in its own right and for want of another superlative, quite fantastic.

For those who have this lens, what about the rendering do you finding interesting/unique/appealing? Planning on an M262.

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A great 'out for the day and evening' 50.

 

In dodgy areas or weather, very sweet to sling the camera across your cheast, wear it under a jacket with lens collapsed.

 

A big improvement over old Summi collapsible 50: Sharper + .7 meter focusing (vs 1.0 meter)

 

It's my #2 lens (2.0 50 Summi V4 is #1). The other 15 or so lenses have yet to complain.

 

Summi 40C also nice, totally underpriced forever.

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