Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Folks, I nearly ended up with a couple of Leitz (Canada) lenses that would have made the focusing of those 75mm F1.4 lenses (et al) mere child's play. On a couple of ebay auctions I was pipped in the last 5 seconds to a 90mm F1 lens and a - wait for it, this hard to believe - a 65mm F0.75 lens!!! Of course they weren't designed for Leica cameras, M or R. They were made for X-Ray use but that wouldn't have stopped me finding a way of letting them create some masterpieces(?) on one of my cameras... I'm hoping soon to have some of my work up on the web at last, as it's part of a wider (society) site, so I'm waiting on a few nods from other folks before I announce the site. best regards, Jem - -----Original Message----- From: Steve LeHuray [SMTP:icommag@toad.net] > I was never happy with the lens' performance on my older .72 body, it was > not sharp... or so it seemed to me.... <big snip>> > Off to shoot SOMETHING today at F1.4............. > > Frank Filippone > red735i@earthlink.net > Frank, There was an article in the LHSA Viewfinder magazine about the Noctilux which pointed out that lenses like that needed to be calibrated at the LENS MOUNT, particularly important for wide open shooting. It also said that applied to the Summilux 50 and 75. There was also some information on calibrating the mount, for do it yourself. If you hunt around at http://www.lhsa.org for Viewfinder back issues you can find that story. Steve Annapolis