Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Herbert perhaps set up a tripod and take a few shots at the designated metering then remove te camera from tripod and take the same shots again just to see if its your technique. By the way I enjoy seeing the photos you post. Scott > On Sep 27, 2013, at 1:41 PM, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> wrote: > > Since 99,9% of my use of my M9 (and my M6 years ago) has been with a 35mm > Summicron, I confess to being a rank amateur when it comes to the 90mm > Chron. After being irritated by too many soft-focus shots with the 90, I > did a careful test of a fence from about 12 feet and found that the > rangefinder/lens coupling was slightly off. So I sent it in to Leica, got > it back about $350 later, checked out out and found it to be spot on. > > OK, now here's my experience. When I went to the first of two outdoor band > concerts in a park, a couple did some very spectacular dancing to the > music and I failed to get a picture. So, for the next concert, I brought > my 90mm so that I wouldn't have to get under their noses or have to do an > extreme crop. > > Well, the dancing couple didn't appear, but I took a lot of snapshots and > every one of them came out very fuzzy. I don't have a record of shutter > speeds or f numbers, but I was outdoors at reasonable ISO and lighting, so > I assume the I was probably around f/8/of f/5.6 and probably around 1/250. > I should have had a depth of field of about twelve feet or more for some > of those shots and at least two feet for the close couple I took. None of > them appeared to be sharp anywhere. > > Could it be the increase in the effect of camera shake with the longer > lens? I would have thought that the inertia from the extra weight of the > lens would have compensated. Yesterday, wondering if the lens had > mysteriously lost its calibration, I did a hand-held test at 12, 50, and > essentially infinity feet and the pictures were needle sharp. However, to > be critical, I did the test at f/2, so I got pretty high shutter speeds. > > Any advice from users of longer lenses on Leica M series? > > Herbert Kanner > kanner at acm.org > 650-326-8204 > > Question authority and the authorities will question you. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information