ecliffordsmith
New member
Hi All,
I hope all is well. I have been off with a big work project of late so took advantage of the time I would be unable to take many pictures to do two things.
1) Send in my M8 35 Summicron ASPH for calibration.
2) Get myself a D-Lux 4.
Well, on the first point I can only have praise for the way Leica handled my equipment. The camera came back looking embarrisngly clean and the back focus issue with the lens is now truly solved. As my 2 year warranty is now almost up it was a nice time for a good service.
Now, while testing the lens/camera combination I have found that from 0.7 (as set from the '.' marked on the lens at all apertures through to infinity the focus is spot on. Usually I focus in a hyperfocalish manner but was stunned to see what a difference the adjustment made.
What I have noticed now though is that when I focus beyond the 0.7 on the lens through to the near focus limit the focus patch does not accurately display what will be in focus. It would appear that things would front focus a few centimetres.
My big question now then is whether this is the normal behaviour I should always have expected? I will dig out the 75 Summicron ASPH later and try with that. Before the lens went in the close focus was possibly the only truly accurate focus and I am wondering whether I have been missing something fundamental for the past 2 years!
Many thanks for any assistance in helping me scratch my head!
I hope all is well. I have been off with a big work project of late so took advantage of the time I would be unable to take many pictures to do two things.
1) Send in my M8 35 Summicron ASPH for calibration.
2) Get myself a D-Lux 4.
Well, on the first point I can only have praise for the way Leica handled my equipment. The camera came back looking embarrisngly clean and the back focus issue with the lens is now truly solved. As my 2 year warranty is now almost up it was a nice time for a good service.
Now, while testing the lens/camera combination I have found that from 0.7 (as set from the '.' marked on the lens at all apertures through to infinity the focus is spot on. Usually I focus in a hyperfocalish manner but was stunned to see what a difference the adjustment made.
What I have noticed now though is that when I focus beyond the 0.7 on the lens through to the near focus limit the focus patch does not accurately display what will be in focus. It would appear that things would front focus a few centimetres.
My big question now then is whether this is the normal behaviour I should always have expected? I will dig out the 75 Summicron ASPH later and try with that. Before the lens went in the close focus was possibly the only truly accurate focus and I am wondering whether I have been missing something fundamental for the past 2 years!
Many thanks for any assistance in helping me scratch my head!