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Thanks Mark and Andy. I bought the lens used about 5 years ago and never had a problem on the M7 or M6 that I was aware of. It is a pre-aspherical 90 from the early nineties... It has a wonderful signature and I would like to revive it. I am reluctant to change/alter the M8 as the other lenses work fine on it. so I hope the 90 can be calibrated/shimmed to focus correctly on it. I will contact DAG and Leica US to get their imput.

I have had the M8 for about 2 months now and it has been working great with a

nimber of my lenses (Noctilux, 40 Summicron, 35 Nokton, 28 Ultron, and CV 15). I

have a portrait shoot coming up and thought I would test the 90 Summicron

beforehand. It focuses perfectly at f2 at minimum distance (.7 meter) but if I

get beyond 4.5 feet of the subject it starts to back focus (I have to focus

closer than indicated by the rangefinder to achieve critical focus). This makes

using the lens a major headache. As I said before I have no focusing problems

with my other lenses including the Noctilux at f1. I am assuming I will have to

get the lens adjusted.

 

Does anyone have experience with DAG fixing this problem or perhaps another option?

Thanks Jonathan... just got the M8 and have been excited about using my leica glass again. I'm still struggling with the tighter framelines (the 50 lines are very claustrophobic). Here's another shot...

 

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M8 Noctilux

Marc, beautiful photo. What film scanner do you use?

Well I couldn't help myself. Just got this Horizon Panoramic camera

from Russia (hey it's a rangefinder and cheap!!!) and here is a shot

from the first roll. The negs are awesome.<div></div>

Thanks for the responses... There seems to be some confusion over which bracket I am refering to since Stroboframe uses the word flip in many of their products. <a href="http://www.smilephotovideo.com/details.cfm?store=Photo&category=Flash%20Accessories&itemno=SFSF%20" >Here is the one and only Stroboflip</a>. My main concern is user friendliness so any user's feedback is appreciated.

I am considering using the Stroboflip for a small Nikon SLR. Anyone

use one out there?? (I use larger Stroboframes for other cameras).

thanks.

I love the small size of the Stroboflip but nobody has one in my town

for me to try out. Please let me know if the Stroboflip works well

with the N75 ergonomically (ie can you use a typical 28-105 2.8-4

zoom easily with this bracket?) thanks, Jim

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hexar rf cv15...<div></div>

As far as size/compatibility I recommend the SF 20 or SF 24 flashes. They are lightweight and powerful for such a small package (get Lutz's S'fill for it and you've got a wonderful soft light as well). The only hitch is that you have to push in the + and - buttons simultaneously to activate the flash (it goes on sleep mode and the Hexar doesn't know how to wake it up).

lllf 50 cron<div></div>

noctilux f1<div></div>

90 cron...<div></div>

Marc, it is the nature of this beast, photography. We always think of the many ways to approach any single shot and the route not travelled will always hold an allure. With the hi-tech metering systems with 30,000 lighting scenarios built-in to answer questions you never asked within nanoseconds, it gets easy to let the camera do the thinking and rely on eternal fill flash. The fun part is fighting it, don't you think?<div></div>

Great eyes in all these pics!! Peter A, love that perspective. Reina, what an angel. Tom, I like the promising glow in the bar glasses and Patrick, I know I'm crazy but I like using the HRF w/nocti because it is easy for me to frame the shot and the focus patch is bright.

 

Technical stuff: film - Fuji NPH, processed and scanned at a local Sam's Club (Fuji Frontier Machine) so I was working with a compressed jpeg image to start with which ultimately accentuates the grain especially after using the curves tool.

Hexar RF and Noctilux.<div></div>

Patrick, thanks. I just bought the hexar from a forum member and after an adjustment to the vertical alignment, I am using all my lenses on it as a test... so far I am impressed with the viewfinder (I like the extra space around the 28 framelines too) and the camera in general.

Hexar RF w/Noctilux f1 (who says this camera can't focus at f1!!!) special thanks to Ray.<div></div>

IIIf CV15mm...<div></div>

Beautiful shot Al. Love the blurred foot, it makes everything else crispier.

VC 15 with SF20.<div></div>

Babar, the lighting was a table lamp with shade (60 Watt bulb) which was to my right and some ambient light in the room behind her. James, unfortunately I had to use both of my hands to light the match for her cigarette so there is no photo of that moment, but get to work on that screenplay.

Dominic, you have hit the nail on the head, and ironically it is the smokey softness that is the focus of this photograph. Cheers.

M7... f1... TCN 400... and a Russian.<div></div>