Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/03/30

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Subject: [Leica] My M8 is going back for service....
From: richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man)
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:14:37 -0700
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That makes some sense, but if the M8 is diffraction limited at F11, then
surely the full frame M9 or film would hit diffraction limit at F16 or F22?

In any case, I'd agree trying it at 5.6 or F8. That has to be around the
sweet spot.

On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 12:03 AM, Ken Iisaka <ken at iisaka.com> wrote:

> The issue is using F11.  The sensor resolves more than the diffraction
> limit, thus the image looks unsharp.
>
> Have you tried it at wide open?
>
> --
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