Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/07
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Henry Ting wrote:
>
> I'm thinking of getting the 50mm Elarmit collapsible
> lens.
> could someone using this lens comment on its
> performance ? I know it cannot match the 50mm cron and
> one stop slower, but other than that can I comfortably
> enlarge prints to 11 * 17?
I've blown up shots from my 1945 50/3.5 to 11x14 and they looked great.
The new Elmar 50/2.8, which is sharper and has more contrast, supposedly
trails only slightly behind the Summicron in performance, but a lot of
people
like the Elmar's fingerprint. I sure like it's size compared to my DR.
feli
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