Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/22

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Subject: [Leica] NZ PAW 25
From: kanner at acm.org (Herbert Kanner)
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:08:29 -0700
References: <005001cd50b9$8f3eecd0$adbcc670$@chiaroscuro.co.nz>

I like these so much that it makes me wonder why the hell I don't see 
such geometry when I'm out in the environment with a camera.

Herb



>I got the M9 back the evening before the only sunny/dry day this week.
>
>Earlier this year I sent my kit off to Solms, the M9 to be recalibrated and
>the older lenses to be 6-bitted and set up for the M9. When they came back
>the M9 had not seemed quite so sharp (if that matters ;-)) as it had been
>before, the Noctilux front focussed 100mm and the 75mm Summilux back
>focussed about 250mm. I sent the 75mm back to Solms, which takes weeks but I
>sent the Noctilux to someone in NZ. He needed the camera to get a perfect
>fit, when I got it back the had made a slight adjustment to the RF - this
>worried me as Solms should have got it correct when it was over. The
>Noctilux now focuses as well as it can but the asph lenses now have that
>real edge to them again :-) I will write and tell Solms I think, that was
>not good enough for the time and money taken.
>
>Anyway, here are some pictures from yesterday
>
>http://johnmcmaster.com/PAW/2012/25
>
>C & C welcome
>
>john
>
>
>
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Herbert Kanner
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Replies: Reply from jsmith342 at gmail.com (Jeffery Smith) ([Leica] NZ PAW 25)
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