Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/03/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I strongly suspect that the contents of the magic bottle are just wood alcohol (methylene) at a ridiculous price, but since the recommended dosage is two to four drops, who cares. Herbert Kanner kanner at acm.org 650-326-8204 Question authority and the authorities will question you. On Mar 23, 2013, at 12:41 PM, Cedric Agie wrote: > I do have some difficulties to agree with these humorous points of > vieuw. Of course photographers by definition must be able to have a > large point of vieuw. > >> From the beginning when Oskar Barnack had started playing with the > idea of taking pictures with a cine film, he, and later Leitz, its > technicians and engineers always did everything they could to improve, > but also to symplify this wonderfull camera. And certainly once > Grandfather Ernst Leitz I had decided to start its production. They > not only do everything to symplify production, but also in the vieuw > of after sales services i.e. repairs and maintenance (CLA etc). This > cuts costs during and after production, that's nothing new in the > economy. Don't forget Leicas are for a good part handmade, tuned and > checked. It went so far that Oscar Barnack asked to have his own > office next to the production hall with a large vieuw on it. He never > stopped improving and simplyfying a model even during production. > Break downs are often taken into consideration when cameras come back > to the factory. > > A simple example; if you can have a look at every possible model of > the M-4 since it came to the market. You will never see 2 identical > models if you take a very close look at it. Dimensions and look don't > change much but for ex the tiny screws that appear on the front of the > camera holding it together, not only don't have the same look, but you > will also find them at differend places as production was improved. > > Regarding the CCD and now CMOSIS captor, Leica tried to follow the > evolution of this technology verry closely and used it as soon as > possible. But they also have to do with it as it comes to market > i.e. to make a good camera that suits their potential clients at a > certain moment. I too cursed and fumbled at these tiny spots and specs > I saw in the beginning with my beloved M-9. In time I took more care > and precautions when changing lenses. Those of us if not most of us > will certainly remember we often had to fight against dust, dirt, > specs and tiny spots etc when we worked in the darkroom. Enlarging > color and developping Ektachromes made things even worse. Moving a > darkroom to another place had sometimes catastrophic consequences. > > There must be a way and a solvent that helps to clean the captor, > maybe the same way we clean our lenses i.e. carefully. But who knows > the formula of the contents of that magic and expensive bottle? Whe > certainly will find out sooner or later. I do have an idea. I will let > you know if I find out. > > Regards & have a good W-E. > > Cedric > > > > 2013/3/23 Bill Pearce <billcpearce at cox.net>: >> I have heard similar laments from owners of German cars, about mechanical >> issues not sensors. There is something about the Germans that I can't >> understand. I have heard it said that German engineering means why use two >> parts when ten will do? >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Nathan Wajsman >> Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2013 1:45 AM >> To: lug Group >> Subject: [Leica] Sensor frustration >> >> >> Why, oh why did Leica choose not to build in a sensor-cleaning system into >> their cameras, pioneered by Olympus many years ago? Because zat is not ze >> vay ve do it here, I suppose. But having spent 20 minutes fighting with >> spots on my M8 sensor, and probably having made the problem worse, I am >> just >> frustrated. Basically, my M8 is useless for any pictures with blue sky in >> them. >> >> Grumpy. >> >> Nathan >> >> Nathan Wajsman >> Alicante, Spain >> http://www.frozenlight.eu >> http://www.greatpix.eu >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ >> >> YNWA >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information