Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]How about using the 1.25 magnifier to help with focus? I've ordered one with my M8 because it just seems to make sense - makes the view-finder into a .85 insteald of a .6? something or other. Adam On 1/7/07, Frank Filippone <red735i@earthlink.net> wrote: > Magnifying thingies helps your eyes get an image big enough for focusing. > Getting the lens in calibration is a separate and equally > important issue. > > I sent my M6 and 75 into Leica, and while I do not think they actually > mated the 2 for correctness, the shots that came back > afterwards were much sharper than before. > > If you are going to use the 75 at F1.4, it is worth sending it into the > factory ( or Sherry) for a checkout..... > > Ditto the NoctiLust. > > Frank Filippone > red735i@earthlink.net > > focusing the 75mm f1.4 is said to be harder than the Nocti (I think) and I > presume that the Nocti on the M8 is like a 75mm f1 lens to focus. The > combination may need "adjustment": I've had this done for the Nocti with > my M6's but it sounds as if we may have to get those little magnifying > thingys. > > Cheers > > Alastair > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >