Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/09

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Subject: [Leica] Getting lenses calibrated
From: john at chiaroscuro.co.nz (John McMaster)
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 16:19:58 +1300
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Wrong sort of gnome ;-)

john

-----Original Message-----

Great! I hope Leica NJ can do the same for mine...

On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 7:08 PM, John McMaster <john at 
chiaroscuro.co.nz>wrote:

> Looks spot on, it was way out (back focus 30cm at 5m and would not 
> focus beyond ~50m) before the gnomes touched it. Shot from distance 
> down to 1m and all look good.....
>
> john
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> Hi John,
> Can you say what you mean by "sorted"? Is it spot on or is there still 
> a bit of an issue?
> Thanks,
> Bob
>
> On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 5:22 PM, John McMaster <john at chiaroscuro.co.nz
> >wrote:
>
> > I have just got my lenses back from Solms, 6-bitting (where
> > needed/available) and calibration. The Noctilux had been way out but 
> > is now sorted and I think that the 35mm (pre-asph) and 75mm 
> > Summiluxes are a bit sharper wide open than they used to be. I know 
> > a couple of people have asked about whether things changed after a 
> > trip to the homeland.......
> >
> > john
> >
> >




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