Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/25

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Subject: [Leica] 90mm Hexanon or Elmarit on M8? -DAS
From: don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)
Date: Sun Feb 25 08:48:17 2007
References: <E153D88A-D791-4264-B058-DB602FD235D4@ameritech.net>

Dante,
The 90 is very useable especially if you use the 1.25 magnifier.  I find
that the projected frame line is maybe 15% smaller than actual image size so
no fear of missing the top of someones head.  The 90 Hex is similar to the
90 Elmarit that I use so go for it.  No fear about battery life on my first
charge I was getting about 300 images and second charge about 400 something.

Don
don.dory@gmail.com

On 2/25/07, Dante Stella <dstella1@ameritech.net> wrote:
>
>
> Ok, a few quick questions for the M8 early adopters.
>
> 1.      Practically, how usable is the 90mm focal length on an M8 (eq. to
> 118mm)?  I really don't like the 135mm framelines, but with no M8s in
> my area to look at, I have no idea what to expect.
>
> 2.      At the 90mm setting, are the framelines large enough to
> differentiate the focusing spot from the frame?
>
> 3.      Does anyone have any experience with a 90 Hexanon on the M8?  Any
> weird imaging characteristics that come out with digital?  Kodak
> sensors, as I have learned from the Kodak 14n, can be unforgiving.
>
> 4.      How does the 35/1.4 ASPH Summiliux perform on the M8?
>
> 5.      In practical terms, when traveling, what kind of battery life do
> people get?
>
> I was looking at M8s and figured that buying one would be a good
> excuse to clear out about half of my Nikon AF lenses (the half
> composed of expensive, bulky, seldom-used ones) and one of my less-
> used Fuji 645 cameras - so long as I can fall back on the relatively
> fast Leica-mount primes I already have.
>
> Thanks
> Dante
>
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In reply to: Message from dstella1 at ameritech.net (Dante Stella) ([Leica] 90mm Hexanon or Elmarit on M8? -DAS)