Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/03/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Techie excuses are usually just that--excuses. Note to self: do not buy a second-hand M8 from that man ;-) Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog YNWA On Mar 31, 2011, at 4:12 PM, Frank Filippone wrote: > At first, I was enamored with the whole DIgi-M thing.... New files to > look > at, new SW to learn, just plain NEW to deal with..... After that wore off, > I started looking at the files and wondering why stuff was not as sharp as > my film results. > > I kept reading stories of why this lens or that lens was too old, with > back/front focusing, why I had not done my testing right, why the problem > was caused by diffraction, wrong/old/not blueprinted monitor, wrong SW, > no/wrong sharpening applied, I was too picky, no direct comparison, other > rational reasons that I was wrong. > > IOW, I was a sucker for techie excuses. > > Once I got access to another Digi-M, and yet another lens that was not > giving decent focus results, I made more tests and concluded it was not > me.... > > It became.. either it gets fixed, or I sell it. > > Step 1... send it to Leica to get fixed to my satisfaction..... > > We'll see what Step 2 is..... > > Frank Filippone > Red735i at earthlink.net > > What really puzzles me about all this is why you put up with such an > obviously dysfunctional camera for 18 months--you must be the world's most > patient man. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >