Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search];-) 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 >