Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've heard - didn't know it was as bad as that. Personally 75 is a bit in no-man's land for me, and I've decided to retain the D90 for tele work. It's just more accurate that way. Though having said that, if funds permit I wouldn't mind a 90 AA. On May 24, 2009, at 10:12 AM, Marty Deveney wrote: >> Mmm...75 lux... > > It is hard to get the 75 Summilux to focus like it is meant to on an > M8. Once you have succeeded, you then face a considerable amount of > focus shift. As designed by Dr Mandler and as adjusted by Leica or > any other good repair person (as calibrated for the M8, or any other M > Leica, really), the 75 Lux has slight front focus at f/1.4 - it's so > slight you really only notice it right close up, and as you stop down > focus shifts backward but within the depth of field. You can get the > lens adjusted for perfect focus at f/1.4, but then your focus point is > outside the depth of field to f/8. I chose not to have this done > because I have only one 75 mm lens. I did get my Noctilux adjusted to > focus perfectly at f1, but I have more than one 50 mm lens. > > I really like the 75 Summilux, but I agree with Geoff, for the M8 or > 8.2, the 75 Summicron is the way to go. > > Marty > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information THEIN Onn Ming *photohorologer ming at www.mingthein.com www.flickr.com/mingthein