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    Leica 50mm woes

    Thanks for doing this, Matt. I think one could do fine with either 50 Nokton. As Iā€™ve mentioned, the one major flaw Iā€™ve found in my LTM ā€1.5ā€ is that high contrast out of focus edges can look jarringly jittery in close-focused wide-open shots. Another more subtle drawback is a bit of muddiness...
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    Leica 50mm woes

    Matt, could you post a couple of photos that illustrate the pictorial differences you mention between the Voigtlander (older) 50/1.5 and the new 50/1.2? I too have them both. I bought the 1.2 when I saw that Voigtlander had solved the 1.5ā€™s problem of very harsh, wiry background bokeh in...
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    Leica The "Leica during COVID confinement" thread

    What are you doing during these crazy times? Post pictures! I'll start. I play chamber music online using Jamulus and JamKazam, special low-latency apps. There are challenges, but it works. (M10-P, Voigtlander 21/4, self timer, camera supported on cardboard box). We continue to be amused...
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    Leica Showcase Leitz DR (Dual Range) f2/50mm Summicron

    I have a "gelded" DR Summicron. About 11 years ago, I had DAG machine down the close-focus cam so it no longer hit the back of my M8. No regrets--I'd rather have a lens I can use than a shelf queen. It's correct that the close focus range no longer works with the RF. But actually, close focus...
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    Leica IR photography with M8

    The R72 filter arrived today. So... This is my front yard: This is my front yard on infrared: Any questions? :-) Leica M8, 35/2 Summicron IV at f/5.6. Hoya R72* filter for the IR shot. Best IR obtained using the right-hand f/2 DOF mark, based on a very quick hand-held test. The M8 TTL...
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    Leica IR photography with M8

    Desperate times call for desperate measures. I've still got my old M8. Its excess IR sensitivity ought to make it a good IR camera. Accordingly, today I ordered an R72 IR filter and a couple of step-up rings. I might as well try something new while ā€œThe Plagueā€œ has curtailed my musical...
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    Leica KAF-18500 CCD used in the M9 and M Monochrom is discontinued, Sensor replacement no longer possible

    I never sold my M8. My ā€œHenriā€ MM has the newer replacement sensor. So Iā€™ve got CCDs. They have become specialty cameras since I gave myself a ā€œwelcome to Medicareā€ birthday present of an M10-P. But I still love the MM for sure. Iā€™m about to try some IR photography with the M8. Something new to...
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    Micro 4/3 Heads-up: E-M5 III firmware update resets all settings!

    If you donā€™t get a software solution, there is a pencil and paper solution. Go to wrotniak.net . He has a section on many Olympus cameras including a comprehensive listing of the cameras options. Iā€™ve use that with my EM-5 (original model) for years. I printed out the list, and circled or...
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    Leica 50mm woes

    The first thing to ask yourself is: "What kind of pictures do I want to take?" Then also, "How much size and weight am I willing to put up with?" And, "Is there some kind of rendering that I really like?" Go for a lens that "sees" like you do, and handles the way you want. Try out different...
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    Leica Is anybody else out there wanting an M10?

    In an ideal world, I would like an M10. In the real world, I'm sitting on the fence. These days I mostly use a micro 4/3 camera (Oly E-M5 and fast primes), and sometimes my (original) M Monochrome. My M8 and film M6 are mostly idle. I'm of an age when focusing the RF is not as fast and easy...
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    Leica Showcase Leica M Monochrom

    From a recent classical concert I attended: M Monchrome and 1980s 90mm Summicron M at f/2.8. Enjoy! --Peter
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    Leica B&W digital printing

    What do you folks use to make B&W prints? My 12 year-old Epson R1800 has died. I have been using Paul Roark's BO (Black Only) method of printing with it. This was very simple and economical: the same black ink (MIS Eboni) in three cartridges, and a 50-50 mix of clear base and distilled water...
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    Leica New Firmware for M series cameras, mostly adding new lenses

    Brian: My (M9) Monochrom has version 1.010 firmware. That version was release in April 2016. I believe that's what it came back from NJ with after my sensor replacement. Is that the equivalent of the M9 1.176? I have several third party batteries, and so far, no trouble. --Peter
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    Leica Guangzhou China Trip

    Um, er, ah... ROTFLMAO.
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    Leica Is it still a good idea to get M9 these days?

    FWIW, I also use Capture One, and have since I got my M8. They still have a "buy outright" option, although they are now offering a subscription as well.
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    Leica Nikkor-W 3.5cm F2.5 on the Leica M9 and M Monochrom

    Pampas Grass! It makes a great test subject for lenses and sensors. It really shows subtle rendering and tonal range. A friend let me try his M Monochrom a couple of years ago. I took two pictures of backlit Pampas Grass like this. One was exposed for the highlights, the other as much for...
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    Leica Solar eclipse

    We watched the total solar eclipse in Prairie City, Oregon. Long before we left, I decided that I would not attempt to photograph the eclipse seriously. Since this would be my first experience with totality, I wanted to truly experience it, not spend most of the precious two minutes six seconds...
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    Leica Summilux 25mm 1.4 (Rome, Italy)

    Great photos from Rome, Raid. I just spent 3 weeks in Vienna, Salzburg and Prague. Took my E-M5 first version, 25/1.4, 20/1.7, 45/1.8 and 14/2.5. I love the 25/1.4, and usually use it most of the time. Which stands to reason, because I am a 50mm person when shooting full frame. But for some...
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    Leica Ice on the Charles River (Boston)

    Great to see that vista, Raid. My last year in college, i had a dormitory room on the fifth floor overlooking the Charles River. I didn't photograph from up there, which I should have. Your shots bring back nice memories.
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    Leica Nikon DL18-50m vaporized ... a sign to wait-list an M10?

    I still have my M8, but only occasionally use it now. My M Monochrom is my first choice locally these days. If I know I'm going to want color or am traveling, it's my Olympus E-M5 (the original model).
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    Leica Dr. Kaufman quoted me at M10 launch

    AFAIK, there is no video. There are some photos. Bill Rosauer sent me a couple. I'm trying to find them. My email address change has created a bit of chaos on Ye Olde Hard Drive. When I remember the right search term, I'm sure I'll find them.
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    Leica Montreal with the M

    Vince, I know how you feel. Some years ago, I had a case of "frozen shoulders," first one, then the other. Between the two shoulders, it lasted about a year and a half. I simply could not carry my M outfit with several lenses--too painful. That's when I discovered Micro 4/3. At that time...
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    Leica Dr. Kaufman quoted me at M10 launch

    Some of you might know that back in 2004, I wrote a parody song about Leica users and their foibles, to the tune of Gilbert and Sullivan's "Modern Major General." The following year I sang it at the LHSA gathering in San Francisco, with a small chorus of LHSA volunteers. The words are here...
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    Leica Showcase Leitz 50mm f/2 Summitar

    DAG made me a filter adapter for the Summitar by taking an old Summitar filter with bad glass (which I supplied), removing the glass and gluing in a 39mm female thread. This worked nicely on the M8, where I needed to use an IR cut filter). He warned me that it might vignette on full-frame...
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    Leica Canon 50mm f0.95

    Wow, the bokeh on the water is wonderful, it's like the hose is squirting liquid moons. --Peter
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    Windows Windows XP Updates for SP3- through 2019...

    I too have WordStar Control-codes in my fingers. Started with it in the early 80s, used it on both the PC and CP/M. I've had to change editors many times due to where I worked. The first thing I did was to obtain or write a key map to use the most familiar of the WS keystrokes. I finally gave...
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    Windows Windows XP Updates for SP3- through 2019...

    Dale: Do you have any links to instructions for stripping the advert-ware and other bad stuff out of Win7/8/10? Since the Win10 debacle, I've contemplated going to Linux. But the programs I use for raw developing and music composition are for Win or Mac, and the "equivalents" in the *NIX...
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    Windows Windows XP Updates for SP3- through 2019...

    LibreOffice is basically the European fork of OpenOffice. I started with OpenOffice, but switched when I found that the former could not open recent .docx formats, but LibreOffice could. It made dealing with files from MS users easier. The one thing that drives me crazy in LibreOffice is that...
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    Leica Showcase Leica M Monochrom

    More from the air show. Air speed of an unladen swallow by Peter Klein, on Flickr The little gunner girl by Peter Klein, on Flickr Rosie the Riveter & Sister by Peter Klein, on Flickr All with Leica MM, #1 with Voigtlander Lanthar 90/3.5, #2 and 3 with 35/2 Summicron IV. Enjoy! --Peter
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    Leica Showcase Leica M Monochrom

    There actually was a period 4x5 with a Wollensack (sp?) 127mm lens on display, plus some other cameras. I'll post pics of them soon. But that big-***ed Nikon was about the size of a 4x5!
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    Windows Windows XP Updates for SP3- through 2019...

    Many ham radio operators still run XP, which will run both 8 and 16-bit software, DOS software with TSRs, programs that talk directly to hardware, and a lot of older but still useful software. There are two schools of thought re. using XP on the Net. One is that it's bad and dangerous, period...
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    Leica 35mm f/1.4 Summilux ASPH FLE

    Great shots. I feel a similar kind of "it" quality when I've used my 35/1.4 non-FLE as a "normal" on the M8. I'm going to have to get to know it again as a 35 on my MM. 3233 (motion blurred jogger against mural showing English guards) is just *wonderful!* --Peter
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    Leica Showcase Leica M Monochrom

    British journalist at the air show. Everett, WA, Sept. 2016. MM and 35/2 Summicron IV. British journalist at the air show by Peter Klein, on Flickr
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    Leica The Monochrom, tolerances, and lens calibration

    Hey Brian (or anyone else whose looked into lens behavior on the various Leica digitals)... Is it just me, or is the Monochrom really finicky? Brian, I notice that you have adjusted lenses specifically for the Monochrom. What gives? I just got my MM (v.1) back from Leica NJ with the new...
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    Leica Leica CEO Oliver Kaltner will meet with us on May 31

    Wow! You and your family got to talk to the people who are the continuance of this tradition and innovation. Thanks for the virtual tour, Raid!
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    Leica Showcase Voigtlander 50mm f/1.1 Nokton

    Udvar Hazy is the cousin of Ingmar Bokeh. I believe he was a cinematographer on the master's early films, until he became so depressed and confused that he could no longer focus his Bolex. :-)
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    Leica My daughter, Dana

    Raid: From your pictures of her over the years, I have gotten the impression that she is both very smart and very sensitive. The third shot especially conveys this. That combination can make life difficult sometimes, but it is a true gift.
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    Leica 50mm Summicron DR on Leica M9? Is it somehow manageable?

    Ah, found it. See the first two posts here: Rigid summicron 50mm in LTM mount... - Photo.net Leica and Rangefinders Forum --Peter
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    Leica 50mm Summicron DR on Leica M9? Is it somehow manageable?

    There is a number inscribed on the optical cell barrel that gives the exact focal length. There is also a number on the Rigid focusing mounts (I don't remember where, but I believe it is two digits) that, decoded, gives the focal length the mount was machined to match. A bit of Google-searching...
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    Leica 50mm Summicron DR on Leica M9? Is it somehow manageable?

    Send it to DAG. He can machine off the close-focusing half of the focus cam, which doesn't fit inside the digital M cameras. You lose the close focus range with RF coupling (although you can still use it with Live View on cameras that have it). But you gain a usable lens. I had this done...
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    Leica Any experience with the MS Sonnetar 50mm f1.1 MC?

    I'm not Vince, but yes, Brian is indeed here.
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    Leica For Sale: Industar-61L/D | Location: USA | Ships:

    Brian: i'm interested. I've also got another copy of the same lens which could use some work, if you'd be interested in a partial trade.
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    Leica Showcase Leica M Monochrom

    MM (v.1) and either 50/1.5 Nokton or 35/1.4 Summilux ASPH. Laurie by Peter Klein, on Flickr Laurie, Angelique and Dan by Peter Klein, on Flickr
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    Leica I am in touch with the Leica AG CEO

    Raid, you are absolutely right, the shutter lubricant spray "shouldn't" happen. But it does, or at least did with the M8/M9 shutter. In 2007, I spent a very scary evening cleaning oil spots off my almost-new M8 sensor in a motel just outside Yellowstone National Park. Fortunately, I did it...
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    Leica I am in touch with the Leica AG CEO

    There are two separate issues. M8/M9 shutters will throw some lubricant on the sensor during the first months of ownership. I don't know if the M240 family shutters still do this. Then there's the issue that sensors attract dust, and dust gets into the camera when we change lenses. Some...
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