Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]David, Now that you have selected a car I can talk about the focusing issues with the 75 Summilux. My guess is that the Summilux always focused a little off but with film curl and the fact that silver emulsions are several microns deep versus a definite plane of focus with a silicon sensor. Also, as an old design I suspect that some of the redder light is focusing in a different place than say the blue light. So, I will send one lens in to be adjusted which I should have done ten years ago as the hood spins with a snapped screw. So, wait a few years and pick up an M81/2 or M9. Your comments about the D100 were also my general experience with the early versions from Canon and NIkon. The M8 has had surprisingly few problems for a new camera from a new digital company. On 4/3/07, David Rodgers <drodgers@casefarms.com> wrote: > > Don, > > Is not being able to focus your Summilux a gnat or an elephant? If > you're trying to focus on an elephant a few inches of back focus is no > big deal. If you're trying to focus on a gnat, it might be. > > I'm not trying to be a smart ass. (OK maybe a little). As usual you > provide valuable insight. OTOH, I tend to be a little myopic when it > comes to Leica. So information from both sides of the fence is always > good. > > I was all ready to buy an M8. I held up because of focusing concerns > with my Noctilux. I will get one eventually but I may sent it to Leica > with the Noct before even opening the box. Hopefully the workload will > ease and turn around will be quicker from Solms. I'd feel better if I > knew Sherry or DAG could do the work. > > As far as ROI, I used that rationale when I purchased a D100. When I > replaced it with a D200 I analyzed how much I'd saved. I would have > saved money shooting film. For one thing, the D100 required more > servicing than a film camera (including hot pixel mapping and on several > occasions dust that I couldn't remove). Still, I'd buy the D100 again if > I had to do it over. > > DaveR > > -----Original Message----- > From: Don Dory [mailto:don.dory@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 8:09 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] A good while ago > > Victor, > The web is a great place to magnify gnats into elephants. The M8 is a > fabulous M. Does it have quirks, does a IIIf have quirks? We are > talking > Leica here. My sample has been flawless, I may never put a roll of film > through a camera again. Be not afraid, it is a wonderful image cutting > device. I don't have a coded lens and have no intention of coding any > of my > lenses. I have used lenses going back to 1935, I have used ultra-wides > to > 135's with only two issues; a 135 Nikkor back focuses and my 75 Summilux > focuses five or six inches to the rear. It is a rangefinder so if the > cam > or the cam follower is off there is an issue. > > If you like rangefinder shooting and don't have any strong preference > for > film then run to your dealer and buy one. Your ROI will be a year or > two. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Don don.dory@gmail.com