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p.204 #1Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
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Mar 11, 2011 at 05:06 PM
charles.K
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p.204 #2Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
Luka, I feel your frustration. I hope your M9 is back in time for you trip. Great test shots! My 90 Cron V3, was spot on focusing too, unlike my 90 Cron Apo, which is still in Solms.

Doug, nice shots!

Some shots from last night with the 75 Lux all shot at f/1.4






























Mar 11, 2011 at 07:13 PM
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p.204 #3Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
Thanks Carsten & Charles

Very nice portraits Charles!

Regarding, your 90 AA - how long have you waited for it? It must be months now! Have they told you what's wrong with it?
Mar 12, 2011 at 06:01 AM
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p.204 #4Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
Thanks Luka

My 90 AA, was sent to Solms, taking 2 months, returned to Camera Clinic. Camera Clinic sent it back to Solms as the focusing was still non linear. ETA is now end of this month. I have not seen this lens for 4 months. Anyway I am loving the 90 Cron V3 for now
Mar 12, 2011 at 06:10 AM
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p.204 #5Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
Four months. Ouch. And that's a lens that is currently in production. I don't dare to think what time an out-of production lens would take to fix.

My 75 Cron is also in Solms - it will be interesting to see how long it will take them to fix a trivial mechanical error (loose aperture ring). But like you, I'm happy with the 90 Cron V3 for the moment
Mar 12, 2011 at 06:16 AM
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p.204 #6Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
I have come to the conclusion, as with any gear, it pays to have a backup. It was the reason, why I sold my 5DII and lenses, to have a M9 backup, rather having 2 very distinctly different systems. There have now been several occasions where I have sent one of the M9's back to Melbourne, so as to finely sync the M9 and lenses, and recalibration. At I least, now I do not stress, if gear needs to be fixed and sent away.

I don't think this is the usual time for a repair, as some focusing bushes, needed to be replaced. I also had my 50 Lux Apsh, sent to Solms, just after I purchased it second hand, as the mid to far focusing was way off. The turnaround here was only 3 weeks, and they did a fantastic job no charge!
Mar 12, 2011 at 06:32 AM
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p.204 #7Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
When I sent my M9 + 75 Cron in for the first time back in November, I got it back within a week. That was however after I told them that I really needed it quickly back for a trip. So they upgraded it to an express service free of charge - something that was nice of them as they in principle don't do express service for warranty repairs. I do understand that they are a small operation and that one can't expect two days turnaround as with Canon.

Having said that, I never once had to send any Canon gear for repairs while this is the third time I have things in Solms being repaired. I think they really need to beef up their quality control - particularly when it comes to lenses.

You are right about backup, but I'm not ready to choose just one camera system and having two of each seems a bit excessive.
Mar 12, 2011 at 06:43 AM
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p.204 #8Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
Wow very nice Joshua, nice seeing you here, it's been awhile, hope your having a blast in Venice

Phil
Mar 12, 2011 at 01:45 PM
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p.204 #9Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
Very nice portraits Charles, and nice test shots Doug

Phil
Mar 12, 2011 at 01:48 PM
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p.204 #10Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
Great shots Phil! I really like the whole series.
Mar 12, 2011 at 04:12 PM
 


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p.204 #11Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
Thank you Phil
Joshua, great shots! The first two are my favourite

Phil, excellent series. Great rendering and PP
Mar 12, 2011 at 08:02 PM
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p.204 #12Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
Josh, Phil, great shots! Phil, #8 & #10 are my favorites

Some from today.....





























Mar 12, 2011 at 10:05 PM
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p.204 #13Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
Thanks Luka, Charles, and rsolti13 excellent family series, no. 2 for me awesome! emotional and warm!

Phil
Mar 12, 2011 at 11:24 PM
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p.204 #14Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
charles.K wrote:
Joakim, I do also agree! The 35 FL is definitely an all rounder

Ryan, wow ... superb shots everyone one of them. Great PP too

Some shots from this evening with the 50 Lux


Nice shots. Nr. 1 is a motorbike taxi driver in front of the SevenEleven in Soi 4.
Nr. 2 is opposite the Nana Hotel in Soi 4 in Bangkok at the entrance to Nana Plaza. The 'tags' are illegal lottery tickets to win the Whiskey bottles you can see below the tickets.
All shots in Soi 4
Hope you enjoyed your stay.
Hans

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Mar 13, 2011 at 12:05 AM
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p.204 #15Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
denoir wrote:
I'll post some pictures, but I have to complain a bit first

Right, a few pictures. Here are some test shots from a week or so ago with my first tests of the 90 Cron III:

http://peltarion.eu/img/m9/cron90-052.jpg



A fantastic shot. Very detailed nicely framed. Love it.
Hans
Mar 13, 2011 at 12:08 AM
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p.204 #16Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
Ryan, great shots!!! The shot of your daughter with the fountain in the background is magic

Han, thanks Yes, I am enjoying Thailand immensely, the culture, people and food. Fortunately business will take me to Bangkok about every 8 weeks! My favourite areas are really in the country, in the smaller villages and temples, but it is not always opportune.
Mar 13, 2011 at 04:32 AM
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p.204 #17Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
this one is for Ron. :-)





Mar 13, 2011 at 08:27 AM
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p.204 #18Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
Some cool shots Phil, you really did a lot with the subject matter and the whole set really works.

I would like to humbly suggest though that the vignette effect feels a bit overdone in a few of them. Rather than subtlety leading the eye towards the main subject I feel it in a few cases competes with it and overpowers it.

The shot with the shoes on the wire for example, fantastic composition, but there is so much black from the vignette that I'm noticing it as much as I am looking at the intended subject matter.

Not to sound overly critical of course, but just that otherwise its such great textures and tonality that you don't want to make it compete with the borders

Cheers
Mar 13, 2011 at 11:22 AM
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p.204 #19Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
millsart wrote:
Some cool shots Phil, you really did a lot with the subject matter and the whole set really works.

I would like to humbly suggest though that the vignette effect feels a bit overdone in a few of them. Rather than subtlety leading the eye towards the main subject I feel it in a few cases competes with it and overpowers it.

The shot with the shoes on the wire for example, fantastic composition, but there is so much black from the vignette that I'm noticing it as much as I am looking at the intended subject matter.

Not to sound overly critical
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Thanks for your comments Phil
Mar 13, 2011 at 12:51 PM
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p.204 #20Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread
normal perspectives get boring sometimes... T he path of enlightenment. Ok, I just made that crap up, it's just a path. 50mm Nokton/M9 There were actually people in the way on the left, so I just changed the angle to cut them out, and I thought this might work.

Mar 13, 2011 at 08:13 PM


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