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