Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jayanand, I'm sorry, but I agree with Doug. These cameras and lenses should be right when they get to the user, and not require user adjustments to work correctly. So far, My D4 and AF-S lenses have been right on when I received them, and I expect them to be correct. Would you not expect your new car or TV to be working correctly when you get them? It seems that today everyone expects defects (except the Leica bunch), and that buying a software fix is just fine. Oh, your lens is soft, just run the files through So & So Software and it will be sharp. Sorry not for me. Why even buy a N or C lens then, any old piece of junk will do just fine after running the software lens fix. Cheers, Gene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at gmail.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 9:09:11 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: Re: [Leica] Leitaxed R lenses on Nikon They are absolutely excellent wildlife shooting machines and I am willing to put the time taken to get them fine tuned and perfect, as are all the wildlife photographers I know of, but one. If you think they are shoddy don't use them. Period. No one is talking you out of using whatever equipment you wish to use. Talk about cognitive bias, narrow mindedness and chips on the shoulder. Get a life. Cheers Jayanand On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 8:31 PM, wildlightphoto at earthlink.net < wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote: > Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > > >>> > It took me two hours to calibrate 11 lenses on two bodies. It is not > particularly time consuming or difficult. > >>> > > One would think that it would take less time to do it as part of > production. It's shoddy manufacturing. The cameras are sold defective. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 8:18 PM, wildlightphoto at earthlink.net < > wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote: > > > Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > > > > >>> > > As an aside in this discussion, for autofocus lenses and DSLR bodies - > get > > something like LensAlign and adjust the focus using the "AF Fine Tune" > > function in the menu. The D700 has the capacity to store values for 12 > > lenses, and the D800 for 20 lenses. Once you test and store the values > for > > a lens, and switch on the "AF Fine Tune" function, the values will > > automatically be used when you mount the lens. There is considerable > > variance, so this is really worth doing. > > <<< > > > > One must wonder why AF SLR cameras aren't made with less variance and why > > the onus of focus accuracy is dumped on the user. OTOH, more profits for > > LensAlign. > > > > Doug Herr > > Birdman of Sacramento > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > myhosting.com - Premium Microsoft? Windows? and Linux web and > application > > hosting - http://link.myhosting.com/myhosting > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web - Check your email from the web at > http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information