jo_l_cahane

Thank you all

I have my answers.

1) It is possible to do it already with a colour sensor (but 4 time less pixels on the

chip)

2) The market would be too small for such a product

The last look like the reason!

Since leica message is : We cannot make a digital camera that takes M lenses due

mainly to color filters on sensors.

I would be very happy with a full frame high quality black and white M camera body

Do you think it is possible ?

Will leica read this suggestion ?

One is currently for sale after being relisted

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/

eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2964297929&category=30063&rd=1

Another one went for 4000 US $ new box not opened from the factory

Regards

Moritz is right.

Sorry Manfred, i posted without taking the time to get full documentation about

your question :-)

You gave another proof if needed of the quality of this forum, Moritz

Manfred,

From memory, both lenses are of comparable sharpness.

Super colorplan was designed to deal with the curvature of the slides not mounted

between glass and trying that way to achieve correct focusing from center to

corners.

Cheers

Vib,

The handwritten numbers inside the mount are displaying the actual exact focal of

each lens , subject to small variations lens to lens

I do not think it is a fake and anyway those lenses are so inexpensive now so its not

worth copying them

Good shots

Joël

Thank you Kamol for sharing theses pictures.

I have the same lens, and feel also puzzled by its oof areas.

They dont look like photography but rather like paint !

On your examples, i could like it though but i perceive this "look" as artificial

.

Rob,

You mean that at the factory they plan lets suppose to build a first batch of 1000

Elmars and already assign the corresponding serial numbers, even if they build them

later ?

.

So in this case, the numbers should have been attributed two years before actual

introduction of the lens in the line !

.

I like it too Al, it fits easily in a shirt's pocket and is light, sharp and smooth at the

same time.

Its a pity one centimeter of the vulcanite ring on mine cracked and disapeared

otherwise it

would be mint

Cheers

.

Thank you for your help.

It is such a good and small lens i will have some pictures digitalised for the forum

Thank you Albert

The numbers could match

Mine is : 191322X

Seems to be the one

Mister Puts in his test of the new Macro M 90mm reminds this one also but gives

1968 as introduction year !!!

The design could be derived from the Cooke triplet

What do I have

Bonjour a tous,

This concerns a three elements Elmar 90mm .

The original box shows the three elements depicted

Code is : 11730 U

11830 R

Front of the lens is rotating while setting the distance.

All seems fine so far but ...

This lens serial number is 191 XX XX which seems to refer to a production of1962

The famous Three elements Elmar as far as i know was supposedly introduced in

1964.

What do you specialists think ?

Merci

Joël

I will second Al Kaplan here.

Asph oof areas have something tiring for the eyes like a kind of pixellisation.

Looks to me like a kind of " no natural kind of aberration "

Thank you for caring Feli but no offense.

We all try to help and give information and so you did.

Cheers

Joël

Thank you for the precision, Feli

My references where from memory, seing south american portfolio some years ago and remembering the charm of her images.

I did not mean to say i know her personally and i am happy she bought new equipment :)

Cheers

Joël

Another link:

http://main.nc.us/openstudio/tinamanley/

You could try to find pictures of Tina Manley as she almost all the time uses this lens.

http://www.photogs.com/manley/index.html

Joël

To my knoledge, no aspherical (1st version) was delivered with ein stuck.

But no asph (second type) is engraved aspherical !!

Even KB cameras is witing aspherical and dispays the picture of an asph lens !

http://www.leicagallery.com/summilux35mm.htm

Look at the current one in a shop and you will recognise the differences. (mount and shade are different)

Joël

You will find here pictures takenwith different lenses, old and new :

http://www.itntokyo.com/users/nomoto/Galleryfiles/R_Sample/

http://www.itntokyo.com/users/nomoto/Galleryfiles/M_Sample/

Bonnes photos

Thank you all of you

You gave me what i wanted and more

I wish leica will renew with such beautiful design coupled with new glass !

Thank you Robert

The link should be complete now

Yes this is the lens, all chrome, beautiful and expensive

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/

eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2948195046&category=30030&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/

eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2948195046&indexURL=1&photoDisplayType=2#eba

yphotohosting

Bonsoir tous,

I just discovered this lens i ignored .

Do you know its reputation ?

Looks like a small lens

Thank you