Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/04/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]it's probably that the M6 can't focus a 75 at 1.4...oops, the company forgot to tell you that....sorry..... BTW, it can't do much better with a 90 @ f2....they forgot to tell you that, too... That's why God made Nikons....;) :) :) Walt On Thu, 15 Apr 1999 17:43:52 +0200 Mikiro Mori <arbos@silva.net> wrote: > 75 Summilux users, > > Sorry if there was recent discussion on this topic. ---- I have used a 75 > Summilux for 18 months, but have not yet learned to focus properly. At > f1.4-2, I make errors (both forward and backward) in >70% of the shots. I > use an M6 (classic), and the objects are usually at about 1.5-2 m away. > With a Nocti, I seem to be doing better even at f1. Also, I have much fewer > problems with an 80 Summilux-R at wide open. > > Is it a problem only with me, or do many of the users have difficulties > focusing with this lens? M6HM may help, but 0.85/0.72 is only an 18% > increase. Inability to focus at wide open halves the value of this lens. > Please help. > > Leicalement, > > Mikiro > Strasbourg, France > >