I feel very sorry about your sensor problems with the M9.
So far i am lucky with my Leica's. Have the M8 since 2006 with still good sensor and the MM from last year, will hopefully be good for longer....
Will you go for a 240 ?
Have send you a PM lately....
Cheers
Werner
Thanks Werner
the sensor problems are sad. hope my new keeps some time. A M 240 Hmmm.. have too many cameras and I love the look of the M9. Got your PN thank you very much.
edwardkaraa wrote:
Great work Joakim, Ron, Werner, Gary.
This Distagon is really something, isn't it Gary?
Yes, it really is something special. It is certainly my favorite Zeiss lens I have owned to date. It's not just the excitement of a new lens, it really is that good. Awesome performance wide open and the colours/contrast are great. It will be one of those lenses that you can depend on that will have predictable results each time. Build quality is just awesome and it is actually a bit smaller than I expected.
One of these days I hope we'll see lenses like this Zeiss Distagon to be less than $1500. Seems Leica/Leica quality is a min. of $2k...wow. But I see why it's so much, great looking lens!
Chris
Beautiful Michael!
Congrats Gary! So you bought it after all....! The images look so 'real' I think the tower shot was slightly stopped down if that's the onset of starbursts I see in the lights. Hard to tell at this size.
Very nice Edward - I see the Sonnar isn't just for photos of your friends, but also for photos of beer.
Cool angle Werner! It seems many older buildings in Germany have interesting stairs. I found this to be the case also at the University in Munich (LMU).
Chris - unfortunately it seems Zeiss is taking advantage of the strong USD and not passing along the benefit to us here in NA (and looks like their recent $100 'rebate' expired)... though also difficult to know how this affects their production costs in Japan. Anyway, the lens can be found for the equivalent of US$1750 pre-VAT elsewhere...
René - great set from the market.
M240 & 90AA
Hate to say it, but my 50 Lux ASPH is loose again. Focus feels quite slack and I can see the onset of greater than usual wide open glow, as well as weird coma effects around the outer image zone... and it was just serviced by Leica in September. I wonder if the chrome version is more susceptible to this due to it's greater weight? It's putting a bit of a damper on my enthusiasm for it.
joakim wrote:
Speaking of the 28 cron and its hood, I've been using mine a lot more since I decided to use it without the (monstrous) original hood. While it's great to have such small lens I'm wondering if anyone is using a smaller hood with their 28 cron? I know there is a expensive (and rare?) option from Leica but is there anything else?
Thank you very much Ron! indeed the beer barrels were just behind me so I couldn't resist very nice work with the 90 AA recently. It does suit your style in isolating architectural elements very well. By the way too bad about the lux starting to fall apart again. It's one of the reasons why I stay away of Leica lenses.
Gary, another great shot with the distagon. Keep them coming please
Zhangyue, beautiful colors in this landscape.
rscheffler wrote:
Beautiful Michael!
Congrats Gary! So you bought it after all....! The images look so 'real' I think the tower shot was slightly stopped down if that's the onset of starbursts I see in the lights. Hard to tell at this size.
Thanks Ron! I thought you would get a laugh out of the situation. I actually passed on that one lens that came in... However, my evil local store called me and said someone backed out on a special order and asked if I wanted it. I can say no once - but twice is awefully hard for me! No regrets at all though... PS - that Calgary Tower shot could very well be f/2 - not 100% sure.
Rene - love that first shot with the red poppy. Very nice.
Ron - nice architecture shots. Looks like you had some really good light while there.
Edward - Nice 50P set. The last one with the cat is quite good.
Allen - great to see you posting again. I wish I could have made it to your last exhibition...
very nice work with the 90 AA recently. It does suit your style in isolating architectural elements very well. By the way too bad about the lux starting to fall apart again. It's one of the reasons why I stay away of Leica lenses. 
