tommonego@gmail.com Posted November 5, 2020 Share #1 Posted November 5, 2020 Advertisement (gone after registration) I put a low bid on a rough 135 Elmar, to my surprise I won it, I have a thing for rough Leica lenses. They have never let me down. I don't have a viable 135mm so this could fit the bill. Is it possible to see some images from this lens. Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted November 5, 2020 Posted November 5, 2020 Hi tommonego@gmail.com, Take a look here Elmar 135 f4 Images. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
wizard Posted November 5, 2020 Share #2 Posted November 5, 2020 Is it a 135 Elmar oder Tele-Elmar? The latter is the more modern lens and is of really good optical quality, but the older Elmar is no slouch either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommonego@gmail.com Posted November 5, 2020 Author Share #3 Posted November 5, 2020 (edited) I am reasonably sure an Elmar, though the image looked like a Tele Elmar. Looked fatter than an Elmar, I'll find out in a couple of days. Just took a look again, definitely looks like a Tele-Elmar, but the photo could be not of the lens. Edited November 5, 2020 by tommonego@gmail.com Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmo Posted November 5, 2020 Share #4 Posted November 5, 2020 Tom, Some pictures taken in New Zealand with my Tele-Elmar 275xxxx (according Wiki form 1975). It was cold and the pictures were taken handheld with my M9-P. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/314826-elmar-135-f4-images/?do=findComment&comment=4074478'>More sharing options...
gmo Posted November 5, 2020 Share #5 Posted November 5, 2020 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 2 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/314826-elmar-135-f4-images/?do=findComment&comment=4074480'>More sharing options...
gmo Posted November 5, 2020 Share #6 Posted November 5, 2020 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/314826-elmar-135-f4-images/?do=findComment&comment=4074481'>More sharing options...
gmo Posted November 5, 2020 Share #7 Posted November 5, 2020 Advertisement (gone after registration) Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/314826-elmar-135-f4-images/?do=findComment&comment=4074482'>More sharing options...
wda Posted November 5, 2020 Share #8 Posted November 5, 2020 It would be worth searching the forum because this subject has been discussed often. I have both lenses. The older Elmar is a good lens. Optically the later lens very nearly approaches the performance of the current Leica offering. An M Elmar is usually chrome finish; the Tele-Elmar is black. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jankap Posted November 5, 2020 Share #9 Posted November 5, 2020 I have used an Elmar 135mm f/4 lens head with some adapters to build a Leica R lens. To be used on a mirrorless camera. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
didier Posted November 5, 2020 Share #10 Posted November 5, 2020 the Tele-Elmar (just before the current APO 135) is very good, perhaps just a little less contrast than the current offering, but an excellent Lens. I used in film days a 1960s Elmar : in my memory, resolution was good, but contrast was very low compared to more recent Lenses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spydrxx Posted November 5, 2020 Share #11 Posted November 5, 2020 I was pleasantly surprised at how well it performed on both my iif and a mirrorless digital. A slight boost in post processing contrast and the images were fine. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrogallol Posted November 5, 2020 Share #12 Posted November 5, 2020 4 hours ago, tommonego@gmail.com said: I put a low bid on a rough 135 Elmar, to my surprise I won it, I have a thing for rough Leica lenses. They have never let me down. I don't have a viable 135mm so this could fit the bill. Is it possible to see some images from this lens. Thanks I have always liked equipment that looks well worn but working. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommonego@gmail.com Posted November 5, 2020 Author Share #13 Posted November 5, 2020 vor 4 Stunden schrieb gmo: Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Thanks for the images, we don't see too many penguins in the northern US😏. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommonego@gmail.com Posted November 5, 2020 Author Share #14 Posted November 5, 2020 vor 4 Stunden schrieb wda: It would be worth searching the forum because this subject has been discussed often. I have both lenses. The older Elmar is a good lens. Optically the later lens very nearly approaches the performance of the current Leica offering. An M Elmar is usually chrome finish; the Tele-Elmar is black. Searching the sight didn't unearth much, but I leafed through the CL threads and found a reference you put up a while back, it was useful. I will be using this mostly on an M8 and M3, but it will find its way to my CL too. Thanks for the article reference. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UliWer Posted November 5, 2020 Share #15 Posted November 5, 2020 Here are some examples, strongly cropped: I don‘t agree that the 4/135mm has low contrast. Of course it‘s lower than with the 135mm Apo-Telyt. Though you’ll see less contrast with any lens with a design 30 years older than a modern one. I think it shows more contrast than a 50mm Summicron from the same age, which is no slouch by the way. If you look at the blurred background of my examples with thin branches you may see the „problem“ of this lens. With certain objects - especially if they are surrounded by bright light - the lens shows a lot of „color fringing“ caused by chromatic aberration. It is certainly no „Apo“-lens. The Tele-Elmar is better in this respect, and obviously the Apo-Telyt shows (almost) no chromatic aberrations. There are also some reasons to prefer the lens to modern versions: it‘s lighter and the focussing throw is very long, which supports exact focussing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musotographer Posted November 5, 2020 Share #16 Posted November 5, 2020 A good piece on the Tele-Elmar: https://casualphotophile.com/2020/10/12/leitz-tele-elmar-135mm-f-4-review/ - though whether or not he is right about the Sonnar connection I'm not qualified to say. It's one of my favourite lenses (especially when I think how little it cost) and it can be magnificent for portraits. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Nordvik Posted November 5, 2020 Share #17 Posted November 5, 2020 The 4,0/135 Tele-Elmar is one of the best value for money you can get in M-lenses. But the OP have bought a Elmar 4,0/135. I guess the earlier 135mm Is good also, my 90mm Elmar from 1937 is good enough. All short tele lenses are more or less god enough. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommonego@gmail.com Posted November 5, 2020 Author Share #18 Posted November 5, 2020 While the title was Elmar-M f4 the picture on the bid was definitely a Tele-Elmar f4 but if that was the lens sold I have no idea, I would be happy with either. The price was crazy low. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsleica Posted November 6, 2020 Share #19 Posted November 6, 2020 (edited) 135mm F4..nice sharp lens..lanthanum glass.. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Edited November 6, 2020 by tsleica add 2 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/314826-elmar-135-f4-images/?do=findComment&comment=4074805'>More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted November 6, 2020 Share #20 Posted November 6, 2020 9 hours ago, Musotographer said: A good piece on the Tele-Elmar: https://casualphotophile.com/2020/10/12/leitz-tele-elmar-135mm-f-4-review/ - though whether or not he is right about the Sonnar connection I'm not qualified to say. It's one of my favourite lenses (especially when I think how little it cost) and it can be magnificent for portraits. Hum, me too do not pretend to be qualified to assess the "Sonnar connection"... but iirc (Kingslake ?) the distinctive component of the original Zeiss Sonnar (derived in turn from Ernostar) was the cemented triplet (*)... an element not present in the tele Elmar... but dozen of lenses named "Sonnar" were made... it became , I think, more a trade mark for wide aperture lenses than the identificative of a certain glass' schema. (*) used indeed also in the "olympia Sonnar" of 1936 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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