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Subject: [Leica] 35 mm flare on an M3
From: luisripoll at telefonica.net (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:54:15 +0100
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Thank you Larry, but the lens was not a wide angle, it was a small  
tele 8,5 cm.

Saludos cordiales
Lluis

El 22/03/2009, a las 23:09, Lawrence Zeitlin escribi?:

> I may be in the minority here, but the slightly darker areas outside  
> of the central area look to me like normal falloff expected of a  
> wide angle lens. When you use the lens on the M8 you are only using  
> the central portion of the image circle. And if the lens is coded,  
> the M8 software compensates for the small amount of falloff. Changes  
> in brightness across the field are not always due to lens defects.  
> Some are due to geometry.
>
> Larry Z
>
>
> On Mar 22, 2009, at 5:18 PM, lug-request at leica-users.org wrote:
>
>> On Mar 21, 2009, at 9:29 PM, Lluis Ripoll wrote:
>>
>>> I've tested the lens on the M3 with TX at 400 ISO, I was veru
>>> surprised to appreciate a certain flare on the center of the
>>> negative, aybe it was simply that lens was dirty, the lens has no
>>> signs of coating deterioration at all, maybe is a slight reflection
>>> of light due to the adaptor adjustement on the camera, the case is
>>> that the first picture could be in my opinion a good catch but I've
>>> can improve it, I  would like know your opinions, thanks in advance.
>>
>
>
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