Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Julian, Thanks again for the advice. I will have to have the camera checked again, I suspect you're right, probably the cell that's gone bad. In the mean time I'm dragging along my Gossen... :-) Just dried a roll of Pan F plus, comparing Summicron 50 on my M4-P with Summicron 90 on my SL, both handheld 1/30th on 2.0, Rodinal 1+25, 6 minutes at 20C. Portraits of my girlfriend. I put the negs in the Focomat, and enlarged to about 40x60cm. The 50 is sharper, but it's also that the focus on the 90 shots is slightly wrong, a bit behind or in front of the eyes. Much easier to catch on the M4-P shots. But the 90 lens is good enough, just have to learn to use it properly. Bought SL+2.8/35+2.0/90 for equivalent of $300, serviced the 2.0/90 and body for $180. Haven't decided yet whether I will keep this. It is so heavy if you're used to an M... Dragi >From: "Julian Koplen" <jkoplen@mindspring.com> >Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >Subject: Re: [Leica] Low light and Leicaflex SL >Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 17:05:23 -0500 > >Hi Dragi, > >What I meant to convery is that sometimes the cells go bad. When my >non-ribbed cell went bad, it was replace with the "ribbed" one. My point >is >that maybe your "ribbed" cell has gone bad. I simply suggest that as one >possibility to consider. > >Good luck..........Julian _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html