Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/26

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Noctilux at work
From: faneuil at gmail.com (Eric Korenman)
Date: Thu Apr 26 16:54:21 2007
References: <0JH40033NPDRKO76@l-daemon> <AE429532CCDAE9853A83FB69@Rutabook.local>

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
>
>
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Replies: Reply from Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie) ([Leica] IMG: Noctilux at work)
In reply to: Message from tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant) ([Leica] IMG: Noctilux at work)
Message from reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid) ([Leica] IMG: Noctilux at work)