Tag: Tri-Elmar

Discontinued Leica WATE: Farewell to a unique lens

Leica has stopped selling the Wide-Angle Tri-Elmar-M 16-18-21 aka WATE. It was and is a unique lens which can help produce extraordinary pictures…

Leica Tri-Elmar lenses and the cancelled M Vario: All good things come in… twos

Leica released two lenses for M Mount with a variable focal length. One other did not make it past prototype stage. This article reviews the Tri-Elmar 16-18-21 and the Tri-Elmar 28-35-50 in practical use on M rangefinder cameras.

Leica Tri-Elmar MATE: Buy one, get two free

Which Leica M lens acts as a medium-angle zoom? It's the Tri-Emar, mate, and Mike is very matey with it. Here's a review from Macfilos of five years ago...