Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina, Can you look at the slides/negatives with a lope to confirm it's from the camera and not in the scanning. I was going crazy for awhile when the leading edge of every 6th negative was soft. It was due to bowing of the film at the beginning in the holder. I then changed the autofocus point to a more average point and it's been fine ever since. It really gets crazy with a 21/4 negative if you don't have a glass holder. Len On Nov 20, 2006, at 10:11 PM, Robert Schneider wrote: > I convert all my RAW files with Adobe Camera Raw. > > I am curious about Greg's experience with the 24 1.4L, since he was > implying that it is substandard. I wonder in what circumstances it > has failed him. I find its performance at all apertures at least > very good (f/1.4) and mostly excellent (f/2 and beyond). Being > able to narrow the DOF with a 24 is a treat as well. The only > downside I experience from time to time is flare. I don't have a > single Canon EF lens, however, that handles flare as well as the > majority of Leica M lenses. But flare wasn't/isn't the issue with > Tina's shot. > > Subject: [Leica] IMG: Vegetable Market > From: images at InfoAve.Net (Tina Manley) > Date: Mon Nov 20 15:54:28 2006 > References: <FC37A016-F044-4D94-A098-81ADAFB65B99@mac.com> > <456235BA.5000900@mcclary.net> > > > At 06:09 PM 11/20/2006, you wrote: > I am not Greg, but my 24 1.4L has never had these issues either on > film or on my 1DII or 1D. The 24 1.4L is no cheapie poor class piece > of glass...it is really a very nice lens. > > > >Harrison McClary > > I've always thought so too, Harrison. Can't explain this but I'm > looking at the several hundred from the same shoot to try and figure > out why the edges are soft. Could be software? What are you using > to convert Raw? > > TIna > > Tina Manley, ASMP, NPPA > http://www.tinamanley.com > > ______________________________________ > Robert Schneider Photography > Lexington, MA > > 781.646.5525 (office) > 617.777.2139 (mobile) > rob@robertschneider.com > > www.robertschneider.com > www.schneiderpix.com > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information