Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Mark, you answered some question, but not the one asked by Lluis. We > all know that you think the M9 will take over the world, the question > Lluis asked was whether someone with an M9 had comments on the > performance of old lenses on it. This arises from a conversation we > had in early September, when we agreed that old lenses perform very > well on the M8 and my hypothesis was that at least part of the reason > was that with the 1.3x sensor, the outermost part of the lens, which > is where most problems are usually found, was not used in forming the > image on an M8. > > Nathan Old lenses on an M8!?!? I'm all for it! Why not? Oh no crop being a problem? It will be just as much a problem as it was with film I'd think. You want super sharp outer edges don't use such an old lens! Mark William Rabiner