Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Stop down the 50/1.4 Nikkor? I'm not sure I've ever done that. ;-) I'll give it a shot after church. Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com http://400tx.blogspot.com/ -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Dante Stella Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 9:43 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] More M8 questions Jeffery: Pretty easy - does the image quality get *worse* as you stop down? Dante On Apr 1, 2007, at 10:11 AM, Jeffery Smith wrote: > I have the M8 and the 50/1.4 Nikkor LTM. How do I go about testing > the two > together for a focus shift? > > Jeffery Smith > New Orleans, LA > http://www.400tx.com > http://400tx.blogspot.com/ > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > Dante > Stella > Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 8:43 AM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: [Leica] More M8 questions > > > > Ok, having decided that the M8 project is not coming out of pocket, I > have offed a Fuji MF camera, 3 superspeed Nikon primes, one midrange > Nikon zoom, and 73 miscellaneous items. I am down to the "gap" > financing - which might be to sell a Kodak 14n. Or maybe I'll just > suck up the rest (a few hundred dollars at this point) in cash. > > But I still am in the "is Paris well worth a Mass?" stage. Some > questions: > > 1. Has anyone shot both the Leica and the 14n? Does the Leica have > comparable tonality and exposure latitude? Does the M8 have any > automatic highlight recovery capability (like Kodak's digital > exposure correction)? > > 2. Is the 35mm f/1.4 Summilux-M asph focus shift a real problem or > internet bunk? This was the lens I was really looking forward to > using on the M8, but there seems to be some indication that it > focuses correctly only from f/1.4 to f/4. > > 3. Do 50/1.4 Nikkor (LTM) lenses exhibit focus shifts? > > 4. Has anyone had to have lenses recollimated to focus properly (at > infinity) on an M8? > > Thanks > Dante > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information