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Subject: [Leica] DIY test, M8 & 5Dii––for what it's worth ;-)
From: richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man)
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 04:36:34 -0800
References: <A1C1017E-3295-4165-945B-47CB9646D160@yahoo.co.uk>

Link please :-) (too much malt liquor? :-) )


On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 4:30 AM, Peter Cheyne <geordiepete211 at 
yahoo.co.uk>wrote:

> After reading the test today on Luminous Landscape, I felt the urge to test
> my 5Dii and my M8 with Teddy and an apple.  I moved back from 35mm to test
> the 50mm, and moved back a bit more to test the 85mm. It was after work, 
> and
> I drank a few delicious Bowmore single malts along the way, so I deleted a
> couple of candidate shots, but here you go.  The M8 was set to ISO 640 and
> the 5Dii to the equivalent (ISO 800).  Lighting was flourescent and dim.
> M8 shots got Lightroom 'portrait' sharpening' and the 5Dii shots got
> 'landscape' sharpening.  Tops and bottoms were cropped to give a square.
>
> To my eyes, the 35 Cron Asph and the 85 1.2 came out equal tops, with
> qualities of the others appreciated.  What do you think?  I also confirmed
> that I really need to get my 35 Nokton's front focus shift fixed, as it is
> frustrating, but I have no idea where.  Stephen Gandy and Robert White's in
> London could not advise anyone.  For the Nokton, I focused, and then 
> twinked
> the focus a little further.  The CV Nokt @ 1.2 and the Pentax @ 1.2 were
> unusable, I think because I was tipsy by then.  So I didn't post them.
>
> All comments will be pondered gratefully!
>
> Peter Cheyne
>
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In reply to: Message from geordiepete211 at yahoo.co.uk (Peter Cheyne) ([Leica] DIY test, M8 & 5Dii––for what it's worth ;-))