Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/20

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Subject: [Leica] Do I really want a 75 Summilux?
From: dstella1 at ameritech.net (Dante Stella)
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:54:23 -0700 (PDT)

It has a noticeable focus shift on the M8 - it will front focus wide-open 
and then shift backward stopping down (giving you some DOF but not as much 
as you might think you would get).  That was the best that could be done 
after 3 trips to Leica.  

The focus shift is not debilitating, but it can be annoying. Uncorrected 
spherical aberration is a b*tch.

DAG confirmed that given the tendencies of that design, that was as good as 
it would get, unless you planned exclusively to shoot at 1.4 and one meter.  

As *originally* calibrated, mine was back a little at 1.4, more off at 2 and 
essentially useless until f/8.   

Dante


On Oct 20, 2009, at 15:20, Vick Ko <vick.ko at sympatico.ca> wrote:

Do I really want a 75 Summilux?

I have a Noctilux.  The Nocti on the M8 is a 75 f1.  The Nocti on my film 
M's is a 50 f1.

Would a 75 Summilux be simply redundant?

Vick

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