Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:50:23 -0500 "Marty Deveney" <freakscene@weirdness.com> wrote: > > One Noctilux, currently 2 M8s. The one M8 I have used with the Nocti (the >other one lives on a microscope) focuses well at f1 and f5.6 - as I >commented >yesterday the increase in depth of field at f5.6 more than compensates for >the focus shift. Between f2 and f4 in particular, things are decidedly >less >accurate and I tend to use that lens either wide open or stopped down quite >a >bit. I thought I was going mad or at least blind, so I checked it on an >optical bench. The effect is real. The problem with the M8 is pixel >peeping >makes it so easy to look at huge effective enlargements, so you can really >see it. I really have to remember to stop doing that. The sensor is so >good >it's also really easy to see the loss in contrast. > > Marty > > Gallery: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/main.php?g2_itemId=7617 > > Most people can only judge of things by the experiences of ordinary life, >but phenomena outside the scope of > -- Marty, You say that you are using an M8 on a microscope, how do you attach it? micro-ibso? or some other viewing - focusing devise. Lee