Jan Brittenson
Senior Subscriber Member
Crowdsourcing on this one...
I've had a late model Tele-Elmar 135/4 for quite a while; I never really used it or even took a good look at it on the M8 since it was a bit on the long side to work with. But now I tried it on the M9 and find it short focuses, has visible chromatic aberrations, and lacks a bit in definition. Otherwise the drawing is lovely and very similar to my gen4 cron 35. I'm wondering if not all three issues are symptoms of a common alignment problem. If so I'd like to get it serviced by SK or DAG. But I don't want to throw money at it if it's not going to improve in wide open definition and will continue to exhibit chromatic aberrations. In that case I'd rather pony up for the telyt. And I definitely don't need both... Any advice on this? What should I expect from it? Would a few images help?
I've had a late model Tele-Elmar 135/4 for quite a while; I never really used it or even took a good look at it on the M8 since it was a bit on the long side to work with. But now I tried it on the M9 and find it short focuses, has visible chromatic aberrations, and lacks a bit in definition. Otherwise the drawing is lovely and very similar to my gen4 cron 35. I'm wondering if not all three issues are symptoms of a common alignment problem. If so I'd like to get it serviced by SK or DAG. But I don't want to throw money at it if it's not going to improve in wide open definition and will continue to exhibit chromatic aberrations. In that case I'd rather pony up for the telyt. And I definitely don't need both... Any advice on this? What should I expect from it? Would a few images help?