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Subject: [Leica] IMG: More Rebirth Delta MS images - M9 and Noctilux
From: zoeica at mac.com (Chris Williams)
Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2010 19:03:36 -0500
References: <97D7F0B0-0522-4048-9B43-BB5A50F97364@mac.com> <v2w36172e5a1004051635l7751f4d1ta61f448ba74f2c5e@mail.gmail.com>

Well I guess I should have emailed you last week Geoff! Did not go into the 
manual detection.

Oh and one other thing about the M9 - ISO Button!!!!!!!! Like a life saver!

No doubt about 1.0 focusing, those that do it well, do it damn well. I'll 
post some more later.

Chris
NOLA


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Geoff Hopkinson"Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: More Rebirth Delta MS 
images - M9 and Noctilux


> Chris, FWIW just go to manual lens detection and you can select either of
> the old Noctis if you want to see what it is like coded. I suspect that 
> you
> woudln't see much difference owing to their unique characteristics. Seems
> like your lens might suit your style very well if you end up getting the 
> M9.
>
> My hat is still off to everyone who can use those lenses effectively and
> focus accurately at those apertures. That's Tina territory.
>
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>
>
> On 6 April 2010 03:39, Chris Williams <zoeica at mac.com> wrote:
>
>> Well I was finally was able to try an M9! First impressions - this is 
>> what
>> the M8 should have been all along, improved color, quieter more film like
>> shutter noise, easier to grip, and of course full frame sensor helps.
>>
>> Now maybe it's because some of these were shot into the harsh sunlight of
>> the afternoon or maybe because this is not a 6bit coded Noctilux, but I 
>> did
>> see some CA with the Nocti that I did not see with other lenses I used. 
>> This
>> is Nocti is about 20 yrs hold. Wow, do I need to be careful at focusing 
>> at
>> 1.0!
>>
>>
>> Advance warning, yes these are heavily processed in LR with vignetting on
>> purpose :)
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/zoeica/Rebirth/
>>
>>
>>
>> Chris Williams
>> www.zoeicaimages.net
>> www.rebirthworkshops.com
>> 504-231-6261
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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In reply to: Message from zoeica at mac.com (Chris Williams) ([Leica] IMG: More Rebirth Delta MS images - M9 and Noctilux)
Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] IMG: More Rebirth Delta MS images - M9 and Noctilux)