[Leica] For Sale: pristine Nocti .95

[Ken Carney]

Thanks, Bob.  I think we give our best efforts and pitch in as a 
community, we can make things like this happen.

Ken

On 4/3/2015 7:52 PM, Robert Adler wrote:
> Well I am, after several decades, used to threads devolving, but this one
> is one of most bizarre! From a discussion of the noticeable difference
> between the new Nocti and its predecessor and how one person prefers the
> older one over the newer one, through the age old (now) dialogue (monolog
> really as it came out of nowhere) of film v digital and down to a camera
> that swings both ways...
> So let's go full boat! Lagavulin sucks!!!
> :'-D
> Hi Alice: nice rabbit hole you have here...
>
> On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 4:47 PM, Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote:
>
>> You can put the back on a Linhof Technica backwards and it still works,
>> except that the film is a little further away from the ground glass.  So
>> far as I know, this only happens when you have not packed your Polaroid
>> holder for a two-week trip.  Ask me how I know...
>>
>> Ken
>>
>> On 4/3/2015 4:52 PM, Robert Adler wrote:
>>
>>> Mark,
>>> Not going to go there with you after this email.
>>>
>>> Digital sensors are much flatter and, therefore, less forgiving, than
>>> film.
>>> So lens precision and sensor placement is much more sensitive and
>>> important
>>> than when we shot film. That's why Alpa provides 0.01mm shims for it's
>>> digital back mounts to it's camera. You adjust the distance of the sensor
>>> from the lens by 0.01mm to get the back exactly placed. A 0.01mm
>>> difference
>>> is very noticeable to the eye. So digital precision is more important than
>>> you seem to realize. Thus the term "digital precision".
>>>
>>> If you want to "look it up" look no further than here:
>>> http://www.alpa.ch/en/support/photographic-know-how/can-i-
>>> fine-tune-the-adjustable-adpaters-for-digital-use.html
>>> or here:
>>> https://www.youtube.com/user/OptechsDigital
>>>
>>> As for the rest of your email, I have no idea what you're talking about...
>>> Seems to have zero relevance to the initial thread or my responses...
>>> Best,
>>> Bob
>>>
>>>
>>>
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