Need Advice on 135mm Lens for M8

[woodyspedden]

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[grober]

In order to finance the M8 body last Novermber, I elected to sell the following near-mint gear: M7, 90mm Apo-Summicron and 135mm Tele-Elmar (f4). I don't really miss the 90mm since I have a 75mm Summicron but I'm surprised how much I miss my 135 Tele-Elmar! ( I think I sold the T-E for around US$450.00.)

 

A clean 135mm T-E should be very usable indeed with an effective equivalent mag of 180mm. Just anticipate an image area a little larger than the small r/f rectangle in the center of the v/f and start shooting.

 

-g

[john_newell]

You're right, Carsten, really the last version of the Tele Elmar LACKS the capability to remove the lens head... and this precludes the numbers of configurations you can achieve with Viso-rings-extenders-bellows... a pity... I do not know if the last version is different (better ?) on the optical side... surely has a different filter thread.

 

I believe that the only version of the Tele-Elmar that does not have a removeable head is the final version with the integrated (pull-out) lens hood. Optically, however, they are the same.

 

The version with the integral hood was produced in very low numbers and is often priced at collector-like levels for that reason.