[Leica] In the garden

[cedric.agie at gmail.com (Cedric Agie)]

Hi there.

When I bought my M-9 (brand new) about a year ago, I immediately saw there
was slight difference when focussing to infinity with all the Leica M
lenses I've got.
I didn't faint or become sleepless because 2 friends, both experienced
(Leica) photographers and reliable contacts, told me they experienced the
same phenomenon.
But none of us had a similar problem with our other M (film) camera's.

Being questionned from several sides the Leica distributor after some
hesitations told us;
1 This was cit.;; "...no sign of bad functionning but..... a slight
difference of no importance....",
2 This was due to cit; " a change of standards and in new corrections in
the final tuning of Leica M since the M-8 and 9 cameras and (mostly
aspheric) new Leica M lenses".
3 The main cause being a cit; ".....slight difference in focusing distance
between lens/film surface and the digital captor...".
4 And also cit.; "....It's of no real importance when taking pictures with
either digital or film cameras....".

I give you this as I heard it and never checked it with the factory in
Solms.
In fact I have undergone several major surgical interventions for my back
over the last 6 years and spent a lot of time with revalidation and
retraining . For short I'm happy I can walk again and I am satisfied with
the enlargements (going from 13x18 cm to 30x40cm) that come back from my
lab.

I received an invitation to go Solms recently and if  I can go there I will
certainly ask them the question. I'll let you know. So don't shoot at the
pianist.

BTW for those who have (a) dead DMR batterie(s), Don't throw them away,
I'll try to find a solution before going for a DMR.

Regards and have a good Easter W-E,

Cedric


2013/3/30 Scott Gregory <scottgregory at mac.com>

> Steve you are tempting me on the EX-1!  How do you find the color overall?
> Reason I ask is I read one review that said colours were muted and hard to
> adjust with post processing. But I kind of find that hard to believe with
> Fuji!
>
> Scott
>
>
> On 2013-03-30, at 10:10 AM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
> > I have similar issue, want my m9 rf adjusted for the noctilux wide open
> and close, so it will be incorrect otherwise I guess.  Can't get this done
> here (Sacramento) so what do I send where?
> > btw the same lens on the Fuji EX1 with adapter and EVF focuses
> beautifully as you have magnification and see exactly what you will get...
> It's wonderful.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> > Steve Barbour
> >
> > On Mar 30, 2013, at 1:59 AM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> 
> > wrote:
> >
> > In the garden with F -
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/freakscene/MM/L1000811-Edit.jpg.html
> >
> > Monochrom, 75 Summilux, last September.
> >
> > I got this lens CLAd and calibrated to focus properly with my
> > Monochrom in December but got very busy with work just after I got it
> > back.  Tests today show that it focused better before the adjustment
> > than after - I think maybe it was closer to dead on at 1.4 and 75 cm
> > focus distance before than after.  Leica seems to have adjusted it so
> > that it slightly front focuses wide open and close up, probably to
> > compensate for focus shift.  Serves me right for messing with
> > something that worked.  It will have to go back.
> >
> > Comments etc appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Marty
> >
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