Características

Código - 11101 (1964-68), 11201 (1968-73) / LLC - 158
Producción - 1964-1973 (1964-1965 ca. 200 cromados) < 31,950 objetivos
Nota: los cromados tenían problemas de entradas de luz, y se sustituyeron por la versión en negro.
Variantes: 1-cam, 2-cam, 3-cam; negro y cromado (200 ejemplares)
Montura - LEICA R
Ángulo de visión (diagonal, horizontal, vertical): 64°

Diseño Óptico:

Número de lentes/grupos 7/6
Longitud focal efectiva -
Posición de la pupila de entrada

Intervalo de enfoque: - 0.3 m a infinito
Escalas: en metros y pies
Campo visual mínimo: 140 x 210 mm
Factor de reproducción:

Diafragma - f:2,8-f:22 automático con preselección y valores intermedios, 6 hojas

Montura de filtros: Series 6 + 14160
Parasol: : 12507, luego 12564
Accesorios: Tapa objetivo 14163

Longitud hasta la bayoneta 40 mm
Diámetro máximo - 63 mm
Material: Aluminio anodizado.
Peso - aprox. 310 g
Inscripción ELMARIT-R 1:2.8/35 LEITZ WETZLAR 1XXXXXX
LEITZ ELMARIT-R 1:2.8/35 2XXXXXX
Diseño: Rudolf Ruehl 1964

Referencias

Marco Cavina


Iniciado por Erwin Puts
When Leitz entered the market for reflex cameras, they were careful not to jeopardize their flourishing business with the rangefinder cameras. The strategy to supply lenses in the most-used focal lengths with excellent quality and apertures of 1:2.8 was introduced by Zeiss with the Contarex system. One should remember that in the early 1960s the German companies stressed optical performance and robust mounts above maximum aperture. The classical adage that image quality will suffer when the speed of the lens has increased beyond the inherent design parameters was strictly adhered to.

Leitz gave the styling and uniform handling great attention and the complete set is a very beautiful and elegant system.

The first version of the lens provided amazingly good performance at medium apertures and could easily compete with the competition.

The second versions had an all metal mount and showed a small change in the optical cell where the 2nd and 3rd element now have a tiny airspace. Sometimes optical changes are made for reasons of production technique and not necessarily to change and improve the performance.