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Subject: [Leica] Unsharp with 90mm
From: scottgregory at mac.com (Scott Gregory)
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 13:48:40 -0400
References: <A03DF638-41EC-46C8-B701-934C176C335F@acm.org>

Herbert perhaps set up a tripod and take a few shots at the designated 
metering then remove te camera from tripod and take the same shots again 
just to see if its your technique. 
By the way I enjoy seeing the photos you post. 

Scott

> On Sep 27, 2013, at 1:41 PM, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> wrote:
> 
> Since 99,9% of my use of my M9 (and my M6 years ago) has been with a 35mm 
> Summicron, I confess to being a rank amateur when it comes to the 90mm 
> Chron. After being irritated by too many soft-focus shots with the 90, I 
> did a careful test of a fence from about 12 feet and found that the 
> rangefinder/lens coupling was slightly off. So I sent it in to Leica, got 
> it back about $350 later, checked out out and found it to be spot on.
> 
> OK, now here's my experience. When I went to the first of two outdoor band 
> concerts in a park, a couple did some very spectacular dancing to the 
> music and I failed to get a picture. So, for the next concert, I brought 
> my 90mm so that I wouldn't have to get under their noses or have to do an 
> extreme crop. 
> 
> Well, the dancing couple didn't appear, but I took a lot of snapshots and 
> every one of them came out very fuzzy. I don't have a record of shutter 
> speeds or f numbers, but I was outdoors at reasonable ISO and lighting, so 
> I assume the I was probably around f/8/of f/5.6 and probably around 1/250. 
> I should have had a depth of field of about twelve feet or more for some 
> of those shots and at least two feet for the close couple I took. None of 
> them appeared to be sharp anywhere.
> 
> Could it be the increase in the effect of camera shake with the longer 
> lens?  I would have thought that the inertia from the extra weight of the 
> lens would have compensated. Yesterday, wondering if the lens had 
> mysteriously lost its calibration, I did a hand-held test at 12, 50, and 
> essentially infinity feet and the pictures were needle sharp. However, to 
> be critical, I did the test at f/2, so I got pretty high shutter speeds.
> 
> Any advice from users of longer lenses on Leica M series? 
> 
> Herbert Kanner
> kanner at acm.org
> 650-326-8204
> 
> Question authority and the authorities will question you.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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