Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What use is it if you cannot focus where you want? ;-) john > -----Original Message----- > > My Canon L zooms benefit from the micro adjustment for auto focus, but the > primes seem OK as is, so far. I wonder where the auto-focus point was with > the Nikon? Judging from the out-of-focus areas, I'm guessing it was not on > the eyes. > > Ken > > -----Original Message----- > > Hmmm, > A new Nikon 50mm F1.4 G is less than $500 and a new 50mm Summilux Asph > is $4,000. Perhaps there is some truth that you get what you pay for. :-) > Also I > have found that all my nikon lenses benefited from being auto focus fine > tuned due to variations in assembly. Perhaps the 50 Nikkor in this test was > not tuned to the body used. Just a thought. I have two Nikkor 50 f1.4 D > lenses and they are both softer at f1.8 than my newly purchased and focus > tuned 50mm F1.8 G. It cost me $220.00. > Howard > > Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:57:33 -0500 > From: George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> > Subject: Re: [Leica] obviously subjective - yet interesting > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > On Jun 7, 2013, at 11:59 AM, philippe.amard wrote: > > > Repat the same experiment at, say, 12800 ISO ;-) > > > Le 7 juin 13 ? 17:46, George Lottermoser a ?crit : > > > >> <http://www.stephenbartelsgallery.com/blog/nikon-d800e-v-leica- > m9.htm > >> l> > > Would if I could. > Wish I had both (or either) kits in my possession. ;~( > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >