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

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Subject: [Leica] NZ PAW 25
From: john at chiaroscuro.co.nz (John McMaster)
Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 16:26:12 +1200
References: <005001cd50b9$8f3eecd0$adbcc670$@chiaroscuro.co.nz> <p06240812cc0ac74ba5c8@[192.168.1.103]>

;-) I am not sure that "ability" is all that it may be cracked up to
be......

john

-----Original Message-----

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
>




In reply to: Message from john at chiaroscuro.co.nz (John McMaster) ([Leica] NZ PAW 25)
Message from kanner at acm.org (Herbert Kanner) ([Leica] NZ PAW 25)