I bought and returned two “mint” 7s bodies because the rangefinder patch in each was barely useable. But I keep thinking about getting another LTM body because I have a nice collection of 50mm LTM lenses which, for reasons I don’t understand, don’t focus accurately when used on my digital M bodies. Maybe I should try a Leica IIIg.
genji wrote:
I bought and returned two “mint” 7s bodies because the rangefinder patch in each was barely useable. But I keep thinking about getting another LTM body because I have a nice collection of 50mm LTM lenses which, for reasons I don’t understand, don’t focus accurately when used on my digital M bodies. Maybe I should try a Leica IIIg.
Adapter maybe? Unless all of your LTM 50's are out of cal.
helimat wrote:
Adapter maybe? Unless all of your LTM 50's are out of cal.
I’ve tried multiple adapters (including Voigtlander adapters) and when I focus with the rangefinder patch then compare to LV there’s a mismatch, either front or back focusing.
genji wrote:
I bought and returned two “mint” 7s bodies because the rangefinder patch in each was barely useable. But I keep thinking about getting another LTM body because I have a nice collection of 50mm LTM lenses which, for reasons I don’t understand, don’t focus accurately when used on my digital M bodies. Maybe I should try a Leica IIIg.
That's weird. All my LTM lenses focus accurately on my M bodies. I use Fotodiox adapters. My LTM lenses are:
Orion 15 28mm f6
CV 50mm 2.5
Rollei 40mm 2.8
CV 28mm 3.5
Desmolicious wrote:
That's weird. All my LTM lenses focus accurately on my M bodies. I use Fotodiox adapters. My LTM lenses are:
Orion 15 28mm f6
CV 50mm 2.5
Rollei 40mm 2.8
CV 28mm 3.5
I’ve just ordered three Fotodiox Pro adapters (28/90, 35/135, and 50/75). Here’s hoping…
Session 2 of developing my own film. This time it was two rolls of Potsdam Kino. Having grown up in Germany, not too far from Potsdam actually, I had bought this film rather impulsively fully expecting it to be a gimmick film. Two rolls previous rolls developed by the lab came back full of defects in the highlights, and I had initially assumed that the film was at fault. Now that I have started developing my own film, I put that hypothesis to the test, and I can confidently say that I was wrong, the film is fine, the defects probably came from the lab, most likely drying marks.
Roll 074: Potsdam Kino in GW690II, developed for 10 minutes in DD-X, 1:9 in Simma Sine wave roller. I took the development times from the massive dev chart for 1:4, added 50% to the dev time for the change in concentration, subtracted 20% for the constant agitation, and subtracted another minute because my solution was at 22C, not 20C.
A few shots from CYZT with the M6 + Collapsible Summicron + Kodak Portra 400
Love the colors in the helicopter shot!
Next batch of Venice pictures. Had nothing but cloudless blue skies on my trip so not the best sunrise ever for photography, but still a nice experience.
