Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/30

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Subject: [Leica] CV 35mm 1.2 on the M8
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Mon Apr 30 16:18:05 2007
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thanks Jeff...Steve


On Apr 30, 2007, at 3:57 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote:

> I have only heard of it by word of mouth on the forums. Stephen  
> Gandy can
> upgrade the lens so that there is no binding. I sent mine in to him.
> Although I doubt that I will be using it on infinity much, the M8 +  
> 35/1.2
> is such a marvelous pairing, I might as well have it work perfectly.
>
> On mine, everything focused smoothly until just before infinity. At  
> that
> point, there was resistance, which I took to be some part of the  
> back of the
> lens hitting some part of the M8. I didn't force it.
>
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
> http://www.400tx.com
> http://400tx.blogspot.com/
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of  
> Steve
> Barbour
> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 5:26 PM
> To: LUG Group
> Subject: [Leica] CV 35mm 1.2 on the M8
>
>
> I've heard about binding at infinity with this combination...
>
> the good news is that this not an  issue with my lens M8 pairing...
>
>
> does anyone know more about this issue?
>
>
> Where can I read about it?
>
>
> thanks,  Steve
>
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In reply to: Message from jsmith342 at cox.net (Jeffery Smith) ([Leica] CV 35mm 1.2 on the M8)