Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/22

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Subject: [Leica] NZ PAW 25
From: john at chiaroscuro.co.nz (John McMaster)
Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 09:42:31 +1200
References: <005001cd50b9$8f3eecd0$adbcc670$@chiaroscuro.co.nz> <5B298091-E438-4598-9E2C-36626C79A5E2@sfr.fr>

Thanks Philippe, I consider myself rather mixed up ;-) After a few different
roles (both in arts and sciences) these days I earn my Leica money in IT...

john

-----Original Message-----

Whatever you may feel about the gear right now, this series is a real treat.
Your eye for geometry is amazing, are you an architect?

Thanks again

Philippe who can't pick up a favourite.

Le 22 juin 12 ? 22:56, John McMaster a ?crit :

> I got the M9 back the evening before the only sunny/dry day this week.
>
> Earlier this year I sent my kit off to Solms, the M9 to be 
> recalibrated and the older lenses to be 6-bitted and set up for the 
> M9. When they came back the M9 had not seemed quite so sharp (if that 
> matters ;-)) as it had been before, the Noctilux front focussed 100mm 
> and the 75mm Summilux back focussed about 250mm. I sent the 75mm back 
> to Solms, which takes weeks but I sent the Noctilux to someone in NZ. 
> He needed the camera to get a perfect fit, when I got it back the had 
> made a slight adjustment to the RF - this worried me as Solms should 
> have got it correct when it was over. The Noctilux now focuses as well 
> as it can but the asph lenses now have that real edge to them again 
> :-) I will write and tell Solms I think, that was not good enough for 
> the time and money taken.
>
> Anyway, here are some pictures from yesterday
>
> http://johnmcmaster.com/PAW/2012/25
>
> C & C welcome
>
> john
>




In reply to: Message from john at chiaroscuro.co.nz (John McMaster) ([Leica] NZ PAW 25)
Message from philippe.amard at sfr.fr (philippe.amard) ([Leica] NZ PAW 25)