Gary Clennan wrote:
I have never tried out the Elmarit but hear the latest version is very good. I bought a 90 Summarit from Ron and have been super impressed with the performance. It is small, light, and super sharp from WO onwards. If you can deal with something slower (and non-Leica) the CV90/3.5 is real good as well...
Hmm... I had the 90 Summarit for a week! At the time I found the 75 Summarit to be more "ideal" for what I wanted to shoot, so it wasn't missed. These days I don't really like taking out the 75APO or 90APO. And I'll be minimising my M lineup soon. So I wanted to give a few lenses a try that i've never used (you know, buy a bunch before selling everything off, seems legit). Perhaps I'll test the 2.4 Summarit 90. It has a bit closer focusing then most other 90mm out there.
It's just that the 90 Elmarit has always escaped me. The tele-Elmarit was ok, but lacked bite and flared 70% of the time (I don't use hoods, unless they're pull out style). The pre-APO Summicron is as big as the 90APO, so I don't even wanna bother with it. So I guess I'll just have to bite the bullet and buy one.
I'm trying to pair down to three lenses 35/50/90 (figuring out now which ones I want, the 50APO is of course staying).