Leitz Wetzlar Elmar 90mm F/4 [II]

Short telephoto prime lens • Film era • Discontinued

  • Announced:
  • · 1964
  • Production status:
  • ● Discontinued
  • Country of design:
  • · FRG (Federal Republic of Germany)
  • Original name:
  • · LEITZ WETZLAR ELMAR 1:4/90
  • Order No.:
  • · 11830
  • · 11128 - lens unit
  • Class:
  • · Slow full-frame short telephoto prime lens
  • System:
  • · Leica M (1954)

Abbreviations

II Second generation.

Model history (7)

■Leitz Wetzlar Elmar 90mm F/4 [I] Type 1 [ELANG, ELANGKUP, ELANGCHROM] [LSM]M4 - 31.00mA36 1931 ●
■Leitz Wetzlar Elmar 90mm F/4 [I] Type 2 [ELANG] [LSM]M4 - 31.00m 1933 ●
■Leitz Wetzlar Elmar 90mm F/4 [I] Type 3 [ELANG / 11730, ELANG / 11030] [LSM]M4 - 31.00m 1950 ●
■Leitz Wetzlar Elmar 90mm F/4 [I] Type 3 [ELGAM / 11830, ELANG-M / 11130]M4 - 31.00mE39 1954 ●
■Leitz Wetzlar Elmar 90mm F/4 [I] Type 4 [ILNOO / 11131, 11631] • CollapsibleM4 - 31.00mE39 1954 ●
■Leitz Wetzlar Elmar 90mm F/4 [II] [11830, 11128]M3 - 31.00mE39 1964 ●
■Leitz Wetzlar Elmar 90mm F/4 [II] [11730] [LSM]M3 - 31.00mE39 1964 ●

Specification

Optical design:
35mm full frame
90mm
F/4
3 elements in 3 groups (Cooke triplet)
Leica M
27° (35mm full frame)
On Leica M8/M8.2 APS-H [1.33x] cameras:
35mm equivalent focal length:
119.7mm (in terms of field of view)
35mm equivalent speed:
F/5.3 (in terms of depth of field)
Diagonal angle of view:
20.5°
Diaphragm mechanism:
Diaphragm type:
Manual
Aperture control:
Aperture ring
10 (ten)
Focusing:
Coupled to the rangefinder:
Yes
1m
<No data>
Focusing modes:
Manual focus only
Manual focus control:
Focusing ring
Physical characteristics:
300g
⌀43×82mm
Accessories:
Screw-type 39mm
IUFOO / 12575

Source of data

  • LEITZ General Catalogue for the LEICA system (June 1966).

From the editor

A new three-element design made possible with new types of glass. Introduced in 1964 without any change of name or catalogue numbers. For the first year it was made in screw mount as well, despite the fact that other screw-mount lenses had been discontinued a year or more before.

Lens unit could be unscrewed and used on the VISOFLEX II or III or focusing bellows.

Other short telephoto prime lenses in the Leica M system

■Leica M mount (22)
Leica Summarit-M 75mm F/2.5 [11645]M6 - 40.90mE46 2007 ●
Leica Summarit-M 75mm F/2.4 [11682, 11683]M6 - 40.70mE46 2014 ●
Leica APO-Summicron-M 75mm F/2 ASPH. [11637, 11701]M7 - 50.70mE49 2005 ●
Leitz Canada Summilux-M 75mm F/1.4 Type 1 [11814]M7 - 50.90mE60 1980 ●
Leitz / Leica Summilux-M 75mm F/1.4 Type 2 [11815]M7 - 50.75mE60 1982 ●
Leica Summilux-M 75mm F/1.4 Type 3 [11810]M7 - 50.75mE60 1998 ●
Leica Noctilux-M 75mm F/1.25 ASPH. [11676]M9 - 60.85mE67 2017 ●
Leitz Wetzlar Elmar 90mm F/4 [I] Type 4 [ILNOO / 11131, 11631] • CollapsibleM4 - 31.00mE39 1954 ●
Leitz Wetzlar Elmar 90mm F/4 [I] Type 3 [ELGAM / 11830, ELANG-M / 11130]M4 - 31.00mE39 1954 ●
Leitz Wetzlar Elmarit 90mm F/2.8 [ELRIM / 11129, 11026]M5 - 31.00mE39 1959 ●
Leitz Wetzlar / Leitz Canada Tele-Elmarit 90mm F/2.8 [I] [11800]M5 - 51.00mE39 1964 ●
Leitz / Leitz Canada Tele-Elmarit-M 90mm F/2.8 [II] [11800]M4 - 41.00mE39 1974 ●
Leica Elmarit-M 90mm F/2.8 [III] [11807, 11808]M4 - 41.00mE46 1989 ●
Leica Summarit-M 90mm F/2.5 [11646]M5 - 41.00mE46 2007 ●
Leica Summarit-M 90mm F/2.4 [11684, 11685]M5 - 40.90mE46 2014 ●
Leica Thambar-M 90mm F/2.2 Classic [11697]M4 - 31.00mE49 2017 ●
Leitz Canada Summicron 90mm F/2 [I] Type 1 [SOOZI-M / 11127]M6 - 51.00mE48 1957 ●
Leitz Canada Summicron 90mm F/2 [I] Type 2 [11122, SEOOM / 11123, OESBO / 11124, OERDO / 11126, 11133, 11132]M6 - 51.00mE48 1959 ●
Leitz Summicron-M 90mm F/2 [II] Type 1 [11136, 11137]M5 - 41.00mE49 1980 ●
Leica Summicron-M 90mm F/2 [II] Type 2 [11136, 11137]M5 - 41.00mE55 1982 ●
Leica APO-Summicron-M 90mm F/2 ASPH. [11884, 11885]M5 - 51.00mE55 1998 ●
Leica Summilux-M 90mm F/1.5 ASPH. [11678]M8 - 61.00mE67 2019 ●

Lenses with similar focal length

■Leica M mount (4)
Leitz Wetzlar Elmar-C 90mm F/4 [11540]M4 - 41.00mS.5.5 1973 ●
Minolta M-Rokkor 90mm F/4 for CLEM4 - 41.00m⌀40.5 1981 ●
Minolta M-Rokkor 90mm F/4 for CLM4 - 41.00m⌀40.5 1973 ●
Carl Zeiss Tele-Tessar T* 85mm F/4 ZMM5 - 30.90mE43 2008 ●
■Leica screw mount (14)
Serenar / Canon 100mm F/3.5 [I] LSMM5 - 41.00mS.VI 1953 ●
Canon 100mm F/3.5 [II] LSMM5 - 41.00m⌀34 1958 ●
Canon 100mm F/3.5 [III] LSMM5 - 41.00m⌀40 1960 ●
Cosina Voigtlander APO-Lanthar 90mm F/3.5 MC LSMM6 - 51.00m⌀39 2001 ●
Leitz Wetzlar Elmar 90mm F/4 [I] Type 1 [ELANG, ELANGKUP, ELANGCHROM]M4 - 31.00mA36 1931 ●
Leitz Wetzlar Elmar 90mm F/4 [I] Type 3 [ELANG / 11730, ELANG / 11030]M4 - 31.00m 1950 ●
Leitz Wetzlar Elmar 90mm F/4 [II] [11730]M3 - 31.00mE39 1964 ●
Leitz Wetzlar Elmar 90mm F/4 [I] Type 2 [ELANG]M4 - 31.00m 1933 ●
Sankyo Kohki Komura 80mm F/3.5 LSMM? - ?1.25m ●
FED-36 100mm F/6.3 LSM
akaФЭД 100mm F/6.3		M4 - 21.00mA36 ●
Sun Sola 90mm F/4 LSM Type 1M4 - 33.5 ft. ●
Sun [Sola] 90mm F/4 LSM Type 2
akaXebec 90mm F/4 LSM		M4 - 34 ft.⌀34 ●
Tokyo Kogaku Topcor 90mm F/3.5 LSMM3 - 33.5 ft.⌀34 1956 ●
Carl Zeiss Jena Triotar 85mm F/4 LSMM3 - 31.00m ●

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IUFOO / 12575 (1956)

Introduced for ELMAR 90mm and HEKTOR 135mm. Double trigger fastening. Early version had narrow chrome band and was engraved on the black portion "Elmar 9cm Hektor 13.5cm". Later version had wide chrome band carrying the above engraving. Later still engraving was: "1:4.5/135 1:2.8/90 12575N 1:4/135 1:4/90". Final version was all black.