90 Apo R with EV1

[Leslie22]

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Can anyone help me, I have a long neglected (sitting on the shelf) 90 Apo R lens. I bought it second hand about 10 years ago.

It seems like a marriage made in heaven for it on the EV1, I thank my lucky stars that I didn't sell it.

My question is , does anyone know about the lens , I believe they only made about 2,000 of them. That seems quite a low number, are they "rare" ? I also heard that many were "converted" for cinematography.

Thanks for any information 

 

 

 

[lct]

Great lens i have no experience with. Should work as well as non apo Summicrons 90/2 on the MEV1 with adapter. See:

https://lens-db.com/leica-apo-summicron-r-90mm-f2-asph-2002/

 

[AZach]

Had this lens but used it only on SL and SL2-S cameras with the Leica  R to L Adapter. Really nice handling and excellent results but finally replaced it with 90 APO SC SL-version to get autofocus.  

[adan]

5 hours ago, Leslie22 said:

My question is , does anyone know about the lens , I believe they only made about 2,000 of them.

It is a direct transfer of the Leica M 90mm APO-Summicron's optics into an R mount.

Performance (outstanding) is identical to the M version; allows closer focusing (0.7m/2.3ft) than the M version. Note however that neither the M or R versions have floating elements, so their performance drops off slightly closer than 2m.

One of the last lenses introduced for the R system (2002) before Leica shut that down (2007), thus the limited number made.

Asking prices seem to indicate they are not especially collectible (rarish, but made for a defunct system that Leica no longer supports).

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