Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My money is on the M8's sensor being near perfectly flat and the M6's film having a third dimension, IE film thickness. Any error is accentuated by the flat sensor and minimized by the relatively thick film. I don't understand how the IR issue would affect things as much. Eric On 4/26/07, Brian Reid <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> wrote: > > Hey, chill. You missed the point on this one. > > The reason I did tests is that I'd taken 500 pictures with the M8/Noctilux > combination and the focus was wrong on all of them. I'd not had this > trouble > with my M6, so I tested the M8. The problem is that I tested it in high-IR > conditions because so many of the blury Noctilux shots involved high-IR > illumination (candles, fires, high-wattage tungsten bulbs). > > The only M cameras I've ever used are the M6 and the M8. I never had any > problem focusing the M6 with any lens, and I had no problem focusing the M8 > with any lens except a Noctilux. It may well be that there is something > different about the rangefinder on the M8. I don't know. What I do know is > that I have hundreds of blurry pictures that were taken with a Noctilux on > an M8, and that practice was not making perfect. > > I temporarily solved the problem by switching to a 35/1.4, which gave me > no focus problems at all and was much smaller and lighter. It was only when > that lens went in to Leica for repair and stayed there forever that I > re-approached the Noctilux, because I was getting tired of taking all of my > pictures with a 28. > > It remains true that the Noctilux is not as useful a lens for me on the M8 > because I don't seem to be able to focus it very well. I'm toying with the > idea of putting it on my M6 body and leaving it there, and finding a > service > provider who will develop and scan film from the M8 quickly and cheaply. I > know how to focus it on the M6, and it has always worked well there. > > Brian Reid > LUG Saloon Keeper > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >