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Subject: [Leica] obviously subjective - yet interesting
From: john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster)
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2013 23:00:07 +0000
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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
> 


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