Leica 100mm APO Macro Elmarit

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Does anyone have one and would care to share some photos?

I've just purchased one. Should be interesting to compare to OM90/2, VivS190/2.5 and it's younger brother 60/2.8ME. But I wouldnt mind seeing what other people have done with theirs while I wait.

Frankly at this point I have so many macros that if I jerry-rigged them together I could probably photograph water molecules :bang:

 

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You'll lose so much light that you need to illuminate the water with a high-power laser, at the point which the righ simply becomes an electron microscope 🙂

The lens is an amazing macro lens, sharp with smooth bokeh. I don't want to juggle another system but IMO the 100apo is up there with the Nikon 200mm f4 as the two best long macro lenses.

 

[Ronald M]

Best 100 mm ever and I have had them all. It picked up skin texture on my daughter who was 2 or 3 at the time. The other Leica 90`s did not see it, same roll, same studio lighting. Mine is with a Nikon mount now for D800e, 36 mp. Incredible results.

Works well close and far which many lenses do not.

Do not do portraits of women over 15 or they will hate you.