bob___10 Posted November 24, 2004 Share Posted November 24, 2004 hi, i am new to leica m. i recently purchased an m5. i was looking at a 135mm f/4 elmar to purchase. will this lens interact with the m5 as far as framelines? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben z Posted November 24, 2004 Share Posted November 24, 2004 Yes unless it's one of the rather rare screw mount versions and then it would need a bayonet adaptor. Otherwise as long as it's an M mount it should bring up the correct framelines assuming nobody has fooled with the flange. The Elmar is a totally under rated lens. Sells for like 60% of a Tele-Elmar and has maybe 90% of the performance. I had one way back when, regret ever selling it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red_buckner Posted November 24, 2004 Share Posted November 24, 2004 These are brilliant lenses, especially good for portraiture. They have the Leica glow, and give saturated and slightly warm colors (if the film allows it, of course). They are, however, hard to focus unless you use a viewfinder magnifier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil_gowlland Posted November 24, 2004 Share Posted November 24, 2004 Which raises the question: can the x1.25 magnifier be used on the M5? Does the magnifier cover all of the viewfinder area, i.e. including the meter bar at the bottom? Anybody have any experience? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob___10 Posted November 24, 2004 Author Share Posted November 24, 2004 can someone elaborate on the use of the magnifier for focusing with this lens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torben_daltoft Posted November 24, 2004 Share Posted November 24, 2004 Agree with Ben Z. Own both, but the Elmar is for sale; e mail: torben at daltoft dot dk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey L.T. von Glück Posted November 24, 2004 Share Posted November 24, 2004 Ben is right. Go for the cheaper Elmar. I traded mine a long time ago for the 135/2.8 with bugeyes. A big mistake. I then got rid of the 135/2.8 and bought a Tele-Elmar 135/4. I should have stayed with the Elmar 135/4. I have an M5 and the 1.25x magnifier works fine. My M5 has the M6-style eyepiece finder installed (with rubber ring so I don't scratch my eyeglasses), so I don't know if the factory-supplied M5 finder eyepiece has the same thread diameter or pitch to take the 1.25x magnifier. If anyone out there has an M5 with the original M5 eyepiece, maybe they've tried the magnifier and can help out? Jeffrey L. T. von Gluck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil_gowlland Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 Bob, to answer your last question. The 35mm frame also throws up a 135mm frame. It is very small and focussing is therefore problematic. The (expensive) magnifier magnifies everything that appears in the viewfinder by 1.25. Thus, the size of the magnified 135mm frame is close to that of the unmagnified 90mm frame. Incidentally, congratulations on getting the best of all M leica models especially if, like me, you have largish hands. The M5 is a superbly conceived and built camera. Now let's see how much outcry this comment generates from diehards of the smaller body! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben z Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 Ok, granted the 135mm frame is quite small which makes _composition_ a bit more difficult, but what's this about the 135 lens being harder to focus? The rangefinder rectangle always stays the same size regardless of what lens is in use. If you're talking about the decreased efficiency of the rangefinder with longer lenses, that I get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil_gowlland Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 Oops, you're right of course Ben. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huw_finney Posted November 25, 2004 Share Posted November 25, 2004 Super lens, get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennybod Posted December 15, 2004 Share Posted December 15, 2004 I just got one. It's a great lens...well-balanced on my M3, easy to focus, framelines show up very nicely. In fact, in terms of weight distribution and balance, it "feels" much lighter than it really is. As other folks have noted, it's highly underrated. Erwin Puts calls it "superb." Ken Frazier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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