Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/lf/SF4.jpg.html 2009/3/16 Barney Quinn <bjq1 at mac.com> > > > Tina, > > Thanks! I have been thinking about getting this lens and using it as a poor > person's Noctilux but I wasn't about to admit it, even to myself, for fear > that I would get laughed off the LUG! :=) > > Isn't it possible that your problem with the loose screws is a good old > fashioned manufacturing defect? Perhaps when they made it - for what ever > reason - they just tightened it enough so that it made it out of the > factory > but not tight enough to last? > > Doesn't Dr. Ted shoot with a 35mm f 1.2 CV? > > Barney > > > > > > > On Mar 15, 2009, at 9:17 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > > Ken Carney wrote: >> >>> Tina, >>> >>> Don't know about loose screws, but: do you deem this lens worthy of an >>> M8? >>> >> Yes, up until the screws fell out, I thought this was a great lens. I've >> been using it as a Noctilux substitute on the M8 since it is about a >> 50/1.2. >> Even after having my Noctilux coded and matched to my M8, I still >> couldn't >> get it to focus like I could on the film Ms so I gave up and got the >> Nokton. >> It was probably my most used lens for a few months until the screw >> problem. >> I was really looking forward to taking it to Peru. I'm sure I would have >> used it a lot. I also have the CV 12mm and used that often. I have no >> problem with the files from the CV lenses, only with the possible build >> problems. >> If I were you, I'd get the lenses I could afford for the M8 now and save >> up for Leica lenses later, but I would never get a d700 or 5D instead of >> the >> M8! You would regret that in the long run. I've never bought a Leica >> lens >> that I regretted buying and I have regretted every Leica lens I've ever >> sold. >> >> Good luck! >> >> Tina >> www.tinamanley.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > -- Cheers Geoff 'Pick up your Leica and make the best photo you can' http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/ http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman