denoir wrote:
Dan, it\'s the same lens. The shop was closed yesterday. I\'ll have to wait until tomorrow.
I don\'t know whether or not to say anything here, but why are you doing so much testing on a lens which is known to be out of whack? The 75 Cron is one of very few (3? 4?) Leica M lenses with a floating element, so given that there is a problem, there is the potential for the performance not to be right.
Just wait until you get a correctly focusing lens, or give up on the whole thing because you are unhappy that things aren\'t perfect in this price-class, but trying to make conclusions here is a bit counter-productive. Maybe nothing will change, maybe something will, you just don\'t know.
1) I had to practically lie on the frozen ground so that I could see through the viewfinder and focus.
2) I had to retake the shot four times before I got the framing and focus right.
3) The result is not just uninteresting, it\'s down right ugly. The bokeh, colors, contrast and the dynamic range are all by my expectations sub standard.
With a 5DII I would have taken that shot in a tenth of the time, comfortably standing up and the result would have been good with any number of lenses. Clearly the M9 is not the correct tool to use in a situation where carrying heavier gear is not a problem.
Well, having the opportunity to carry heavier gear on occasion is not the differentiator, but rather, what you want to do with it. If you want to do that kind of lying-on-the-ground shot, you need a DSLR, and more specifically, one with live view. Alternatively, you could buy the 90-degree angle viewfinder for the M9.
