Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/05/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Peter, http://nemeng.com/leica/034b.shtml Cheers Jayanand On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 1:17 PM, Peter Cheyne <geordiepete211 at yahoo.co.uk>wrote: > Thanks Slobodan, Geoff, and Frank, > > it's useful to hear your reasoned opinions. Geoff, you're right, my M8 is > at Solms now, so the 2 lenses and M8 will not be sent together. However, I > imagine they would be returned together, which is open to the sort of risk > I > think Slobodan and Geoff caution about. > > I've decided to send the lenses to Solms, based on Angela Frankl's offer to > have the technicians calibrate them together with my particular M8. This > is > what she said on the phone, and is the reason why she will hold the M8 > until > my lenses arrive there. > > I got the negatives back from my tape measure focus test. Viewed with a > loupe, they are all in focus, both on tripod and handheld, at 50cm, 180cm, > and 340cm. It's hard to see in more detail at the farther distances, > especially on the 35mm lens tests, so I will also scan the negs and view > them. It does seem the 90mm Tele-Elmarit has a lot more area in focus in > front than behind. I suppose this is more or less normal, is that so? > > I will scan with my Epson V700, which I always use, and haven't had a > problem with so far in terms of focus. Then again, a dedicated film > scanner > would help flatten the negs. Anyway, I am not unsatisfied with the V700 to > date. > > Perhaps the soft focus that Vince Passaro pointed out in this series comes > from the nature of the series. ( > http://www.flickr.com/search/?ss=2&w=73557746%40N00&q=Mww+&m=text ) I > was taking photos while walking up to people, slowing down, but not always > stopping, to photograph. > > Geoff, if I find, on looking closely at the test scans, that the M3 and/or > M6 probably needs RF calibrating, I would likely want to send it/them to > Solms too. You have some experience with Solms service and pricing, could > you tell me how much they charge for RF calibration? > > Peter Cheyne > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >