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 p.973 #13 · Leica M/X/T/S/Q/CL/SL Picture Thread | |
rscheffler wrote:
Wow, that's still happening? I don't know what the situation is like in the UK, but you should contact some of the Leica dealers and tell them you're looking for a camera... How much are used ones selling for? Maybe you can get a demo instead for about the same price?
Nice one Gary!
Thanks Adam.
So far, with the 90AA I'm getting mixed results. Focus seems to be spot on in the 2m and closer range, but is front focusing at farther distances. Focusing on something ~20-100m away results in noticeably closer focus when near wide open. Depth of field masks this somewhat in my usual stopped down landscape uses. At the moment I'm not all that bothered by it because closer working distances for people photos is where I'd mostly want to have proper RF calibration. For landscape stuff, if it's critical, I can use live view or the EVF. If this was the M9, I'd be more bothered by it. That said, it would be nice to have it perfect…
I brought it along to the wedding I did last weekend and used it a bit instead of my 85L. I normally never shoot longer than 50 on the Leica at weddings simply because of the ease of AF with telephoto lenses. I was surprised that I could fairly consistently nail focus doing portraits. Compared to the Summarit, it has a longer focus throw at near distances, which helps a lot. In this respect, I've been finding it easier to focus at typical people-picture distances.
It seems like a very good lens, particularly at farther distances. Feels very transparent. Colour balance seems to have more in common with the 21 & 50 Lux ASPH than the 28 Cron and Summarit, both of which I find have a magenta tint.
Just for fun, at the wedding I shot this with both the 90AA and the 85L at f/1.2, to see what the difference might be. I backed up slightly for the 90 to get the same framing, but it is slightly off..
Interesting to see how much more 'cats eye' the 85L goes. 90AA shows some onion ring in the blur disks and odd edge blur of some of those disks too.....Show more →
Could be the cam-shaft (think thats what it's called). Sometimes it warps out of shape and that causes inconsistencies in focusing. HOWEVER, I've noticed that all my lenses do this to some degree or another. I personally think of the time it's the limitations of AF/RF/Lens design. I've yet to see a lens that doesn't do this with AF or RF cameras (Canon, Nikon, Sony, Hassy). Not as much with Sony A99/A7 though.. Maybe something Zeiss/Sony got right somehow?
About the cam-shaft.. The 75APO is notorious for that. Talked to a Leica repair guy, told me that's the most common problem with the 75APO. Although Leica never replaces the part for me, they always just "calibrate". And it's always wrong somehow.
Noticed that the 90APO is much more difficult to focus then the 90summarit, and any other Leica lens. I find the Noctilux easier to focus wide open. The 50Lux is worse, but only when you recompose. To be fair, I tend to use the 90APO further away then say the 75APO. I find I use the 75 mostly for close-up shots, details, tight crops. The 90 is like a candid lens. The 75 a detail lens.. Thats why I'm not to concern about the 75APO being inconsistent at further distances. All that said, I guess it's unfair to the 90APO, as it has a much harder job, but still..
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