The name Elmar is used by Leica to designate camera lenses of four elements. History The Elmar lenses originally had a maximum aperture of f/3.5. These lenses were derived from a 50 mm f/3.5 Elmax lens first produced in 1925. The name is a combination of Ernst Leitz and Max Berek.
Description Elmar lenses have a maximum aperture ranging between f/2.8 and f/4. Current Elmar lenses have a maximum aperture of f/3.8 or f/4, as in the Elmar-M 24 mm f/3.8 and Tri-Elmar-M 16-18-21 mm f/4. The term Elmar is sometimes combined with: Super, Tele, APO, Macro or Vario. Leica also uses the name Elmarit for some lenses.
Market positions Elmar lenses are comparatively slow. As a result they tend to be smaller and lighter than faster lenses of the same focal length.
List of Elmar lenses
For the M39 lens mount Elmar 35 mm Elmar 50 mm collapsible Elmar 50 mm collapsible Elmar 90mm For the Leica M mount Tri-Elmar-M 16-18-21 mm ASPH. Tri-Elmar-M 28–35–50 mm ASPH. Super-Elmar-M 18 mm ASPH. Super-Elmar-M 21 mm ASPH. Elmar-M 50 mm Elmar-M 50 mm Macro-Elmar-M 90 mm Elmar 135 mm
For the Leica R mount Leica 15 mm Super-Elmar-R – 1980 (Carl Zeiss design) Leica 100 mm Macro-Elmar-R bellows version Leica 100 mm Macro-Elmar-R helical version Leica 180 mm Elmar-R – 1976 Leica 21 mm–35 mm – Vario-Elmar-R zoom – 2002 Leica 28 mm–70 mm –4.5 Vario-Elmar-R zoom Leica 35–70 Vario-Elmar-R zoom Leica 35–70 mm Vario-Elmar-R zoom (Minolta design and glass production) Leica 70–210 mm Vario-Elmar-R zoom (Minolta design and glass production) Leica 75–200 mm Vario-Elmar-R – 1976–1984 (Minolta design and glass production) Leica 80–200 mm Vario-Elmar-R zoom Leica 80–200 mm Vario-Elmar-R zoom Leica 105–280 mm Vario-Elmar-R zoom
For the Leica S mount Super-Elmar-S 1:3.5/24 mm ASPH. TS-APO-Elmar-S 1:5.6/120 mm ASPH. (Schneider-Kreuznach design) Apo-Elmar-S 1:3.5/180 mm ASPH. Apo-Elmar-S 1:3.5/180 mm ASPH. CS Vario-Elmar-S 1:3.5-5.6/30–90 mm ASPH.
For the Leica L Mount Super-Vario-Elmar-SL 1:3.5–4.5 / 16–35 ASPH.
See also Tessar
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