crons and luxes and elmars, oh my!

[back alley]

many people call summicrons; crons...and summiluxes; luxes...why don't they call elmars...mars?

 

[Joosep]

Because that just doesnt sound as good as a lux or a cron.
And they both have the "summi" infront, so losing that has more sense tha the "el".
We would have the rit and the the mar then, doesnt tell the story...

 

[denizg7]

i call them f2 f1.4 and f2.8

 

[Roger Hicks]

They lack the imagination. And the vocabulary.

Cheers,

R.

 

[EdwardKaraa]

Good point.

Zeiss people have it easier: D for distagon, B for biogon, P for planar, S for sonnar... etc.

 

[Marc G.]

why not just write the numbers... I find it harder to differ between the different versions of a lens... and hardest is to differ between the things different people like about the different versions of different lenses

 

[splitimageview]

Cuz it's Elmar, not 'Summimar'

 

[f6andBthere]

Minor problem!

I think we should be banning the use of 'gonna' and 'wanna' in threads!

:bang:

 

[denizg7]

Minor problem!

I think we should be banning the use of 'gonna' and 'wanna' in threads!

:bang:

why? :/ I use wanna and gonna everyday sorry for not being proper mrf16

 

[Sparrow]

I'm going to call them ars from now on

 

[f6andBthere]

why? :/ I use wanna and gonna everyday sorry for not being proper mrf16

If you want to mutilate the language ... go right ahead Dennis.

I'm not gonna worry too much about it!

 

[alexnotalex]

Mars suggests "far away" whereas they are certainly more affordable than Crons and Luxes... which some may find counterintuitive

Very best,

Alexlux

 

[TheGodParticle]

I call em the "Slow Ellies" as them critters are dreadfully slow at f2.8 or f3.5 and clearly lack the star power of their f1/1.2/1.4 cousins from the city

 

[Ron (Netherlands)]

Nothing wrong with the Elmar, it is already very sharp wide open, and can still have nice bokeh:

made a comparison shot with the Industar 22 which above stands next to the bottle:

 

[raid]

many people call summicrons; crons...and summiluxes; luxes...why don't they call elmars...mars?

They call a meal that is timed between breakfast and lunch ...> brunch.
Why don't we call a meal that falls between lunch and dinner --> linner?

 

[jcrutcher]

i call them f2 f1.4 and f2.8

Don't forget F3.5 or F4 (tele-elmars)

 

[Spicy]

To be honest, I can't really tell the elmar vs the I22. Tiniest bit less flare resistant, but I think I prefer it, if I had to pick one shot over the other (if I could).