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Yep, for amateur photographers the old Leica lenses are not good enough.

It is certainty very rare to see a pre M leica (or any Contax) in the streets being used, and the ones Ive seen have all been amateurs no pros.....

What was Max Berek thinking when designed the Elmar - sharp, beautiful, compact..

He did not have a computer to do a more complete optimization and he had a more limiting glass catalog, modern lenses are smaller, better, cheaper

The perfect lens is supposed to be big, black, ugly, soft and say Nikon or Canon

agreed polycarbonate and high refractive index, all the pros have them, soft is questionable

Noel