Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/11/07

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Subject: [Leica] Rangefinder error on M9
From: photo.forrest at earthlink.net (Phil)
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2010 17:12:33 -0500
References: <AANLkTi=h8YQPGe+Znq7mKQ8Ot3CbzsCRxan=Lv1_CYa=@mail.gmail.com> <C8FC8AE6.6297%mark@rabinergroup.com>

Maybe they needed to season themselves. They're perfectly good now. A
lot of really good photos have been made with the 90 TE. mine is great.
Even on digital. The only issue is that it exhibits a bit more focus
shift than I want. And with that very short focus throw, it's hard to
compensate for.

Phil Forrest


On Sun, 07 Nov 2010 16:57:10 -0500
Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:

> About the only thing on the LUG a decade ago everybody could agree on
> was their Tele Elmarit which they'd sold off usually years before was
> a blooper in their Leica careers. Mine I could not make a good print
> from. It had no internal contrast. You could not get tones to
> separate. I was in deep Leica denial for a few years till I finally
> got a current Elmarit. Then zip I was back in business with Leica
> gain on my white backdrop.
> 
> I could not figure out how I could spend $450 (used) on a lens and
> have it not render an image you could do anything with. And made by
> Leica.
> 
> 
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> Photography
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> 
> 
> 
> > From: Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com>
> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2010 11:34:05 -0600
> > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Rangefinder error on M9
> > 
> > On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 10:33 AM, Mark Rabiner
> > <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> The Tele-Elmarit was a disaster on wheels from the get go
> >> 
> > 
> > Mine was not a disaster, I am really happy with it for film.
> > 
> > It is pocketable, discreet, light, and well balanced on an M camera.
> > 
> > It just has some minor problems on digital mostly wide open, in
> > close.  If you use it as a short tele, it works pretty good.
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Sonny
> > http://sonc.com/look/
> > Natchitoches, Louisiana
> > 
> > USA
> > 
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