Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jeffery, First, go find Missy. Ask her if she could help you with a problem, remember to look into her eyes and not elsewhere. :) Drop back to a tight head shot range and focus on her closest eye then shoot one at 1.4 and another at 2.8 and another at 5.6 and another at 8. Tip her fairly and promise prints for her mom. Do the usual in PS to check accurate focus. On 4/1/07, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342@cox.net> wrote: > > I have the M8 and the 50/1.4 Nikkor LTM. How do I go about testing the two > together for a focus shift? > > Jeffery Smith > New Orleans, LA > http://www.400tx.com > http://400tx.blogspot.com/ > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Dante > Stella > Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 8:43 AM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: [Leica] More M8 questions > > > > Ok, having decided that the M8 project is not coming out of pocket, I > have offed a Fuji MF camera, 3 superspeed Nikon primes, one midrange > Nikon zoom, and 73 miscellaneous items. I am down to the "gap" > financing - which might be to sell a Kodak 14n. Or maybe I'll just > suck up the rest (a few hundred dollars at this point) in cash. > > But I still am in the "is Paris well worth a Mass?" stage. Some > questions: > > 1. Has anyone shot both the Leica and the 14n? Does the Leica have > comparable tonality and exposure latitude? Does the M8 have any > automatic highlight recovery capability (like Kodak's digital > exposure correction)? > > 2. Is the 35mm f/1.4 Summilux-M asph focus shift a real problem or > internet bunk? This was the lens I was really looking forward to > using on the M8, but there seems to be some indication that it > focuses correctly only from f/1.4 to f/4. > > 3. Do 50/1.4 Nikkor (LTM) lenses exhibit focus shifts? > > 4. Has anyone had to have lenses recollimated to focus properly (at > infinity) on an M8? > > Thanks > Dante > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Don don.dory@gmail.com