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 f/3.5 Elmar 50 mm f/3.5 collapsible Elmar 50 mm f/2.8 collapsible Elmar 90mm f/4 For the Leica M mount
Tri-Elmar-M 16-18-21 mm f/4 ASPH. Tri-Elmar-M 28–35–50 mm f/4 ASPH. Super-Elmar-M 18 mm f/3.8 ASPH. Super-Elmar-M 21 mm f/3.4 ASPH. Elmar-M 50 mm f/2.8 Elmar-M 50 mm f/3.5 (1954-1961) Macro-Elmar-M 90 mm f/4 Elmar 135 mm f/4.0 For the Leica R mount
Leica 15 mm f/3.5 Super-Elmar-R – 1980 (Carl Zeiss design) Leica 100 mm f/4.0 Macro-Elmar-R bellows version Leica 100 mm f/4.0 Macro-Elmar-R helical version Leica 180 mm f/4 Elmar-R – 1976 Leica 21 mm–35 mm f/3.5–f/4.0 Vario-Elmar-R zoom – 2002 Leica 28 mm–70 mm f/3.5–4.5 Vario-Elmar-R zoom Leica 35–70 f/4.0 Vario-Elmar-R zoom Leica 35–70 mm f/3.5 Vario-Elmar-R zoom (Minolta design and glass production) Leica 70–210 mm f/4.0 Vario-Elmar-R zoom (Minolta design and glass production) Leica 75–200 mm f/4.5 Vario-Elmar-R – 1976–1984 (Minolta design and glass production) Leica 80–200 mm f/4.5 Vario-Elmar-R zoom Leica 80–200 mm f/4.0 Vario-Elmar-R zoom Leica 105–280 mm f/4.2 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
References
External links www.kenrockwell.com/leica/lens-reviews.htm