Leica R 3 Cam 35-70 F3.5 Vario Elmar Lens and Leicaflex SL2
Didn't shoot all that much for February, got sick with a cold, not the worst one but I did get stuck with a souvenir cough. That left me some free time and started doing some research on a walk around zoom for my Leicaflex and Leica R fleet and read a lot of positive comments around the 35-70 F3.5, a 3 Cam Vario Elmar made in the 1980s and Leitz got a lot of help from Minolta with the design and even supplying lens blanks. Some would sniff this wasn't a pure Leica lens but I will point out Ernst Leitz pursued an engineering partnership with Minolta for a reason, they had great zoom lenses. Minolta also provided the 80-200 F4.5 telephoto zoom (another Vario Elmar) and the 24 F2.8 (an elmarit, and be sure not to mount this on a Leicaflex, bad things can happen and it will end in tears and regret. I want a 24 F2.8 Elmarit but it will be just for the R5 and R6. My 35-70 F3.5 Vario Elmar came from a Facebook Marketplace purchase in late February when my cold subsided enough...