Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/07

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Subject: [Leica] A tripod, an M8, and two candles
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Sun Jan 7 17:48:37 2007
References: <BAY102-F3780898E7B0277D5E3D0BCF3BC0@phx.gbl>

On Jan 7, 2007, at 6:44 PM, Art Peterson wrote:

> Could it be that the Noctilux's extremely shallow depth of field  
> (at f/1) combined with its increased effective focal length on the  
> M8 just makes it harder to realize correct focus on that camera?

on the M8 the viewfinder is 0.68, I used to use the Noctilux on an M7  
0.85.

Steve




>
> Art Peterson
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Steve Unsworth <lug@steveunsworth.co.uk>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> To: LUG Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] A tripod, an M8, and two candles
> Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2007 21:46:46 +0000
>
> Tina, you're not the first person I've heard say that - some people  
> of the
> Leica User Forum have expressed the same thought. It might be  
> worthwhile
> having the camera/lens calibrated.
>
> Steve
>
>
>
> On 7/1/07 21:34, "Tina Manley" <images@InfoAve.Net> wrote:
>
> > At 03:55 PM 1/7/2007, you wrote:
>
> >
> > I have to say that I'm having more problems focusing the Noctilux on
> > the M8 than I ever did with the film M's.  Photos that I could swear
> > were focused end up being slightly off.  I don't have that problem
> > with any other lens on the M8.
>
>
>
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Replies: Reply from mark.teampope at ntlworld.com (Mark Pope) ([Leica] A tripod, an M8, and two candles)
In reply to: Message from peterson_art at hotmail.com (Art Peterson) ([Leica] A tripod, an M8, and two candles)