raid
Dad Photographer
18. f/4 1/250
19. f/8 1/90
20. f/11 1/25

19. f/8 1/90

20. f/11 1/25

Is this difficulty of focusing caused by the goggles? I know that your Summicron has goggles.Focusing the replica seemed to me as being easier than focusing with the Cron.
I once e-mailed Setadel about a 53mm Biogon they had in ok cond..going for around $1900-.
They never got back to me...
I eventually found a Tech 70 outfit w/3 mint lenses..Biogon/Planar/Sonnar for the same price..
I dont condemn businesses for pricing high for rare stuff..as they have to stay in business..
But I'm glad I waited..
But..
I wont forget that they never got back to me...
Raid, it appears you have three sets of test images. My guess is the 1st set with the chain link was 1st taken with the replica and then the original cron.
n the 2nd set with the tree at mid distance, the tree was 1st taken with the original cron and then the replica.
In the 3rd set with the close-up of the tree, you 1st used the replica and then the original cron. I can later mention how I came to my conclusions (if I am correct).
Dave (D&A)
if you look at the pics of the chain link in focus with the out of focus trees in the background, you will see in the very very top left and very very top right corners of the near open aperture images with the replica....that these small areas of these corners for some reason are quite sharp
I took some shots with the Cron and its replica a few minutes ago. This time, I used a tripod. ISO is 160, with aperture priority. I am posting here the f stops that show up for "details".
There are 20 images posted. I took with each lens 3-5 photos, and then I switched the lenses around. Can you help me figure out which lens was used for each image here?
Am I assuming that "A" gives aperture priority in the M9 when in fact it is similar to "Program"? Any lack of sharpness can be blamed on me and not the lenses.
This is also a good explanation of it, Dave. So a "2.4" is really still a "2.0" in reality.
This is good to know.
Hi Shawn. I set each time the aperture to 2.0 (say), but I got 2.4 or even 2.8 for both lenses. Is the M9 using f/2.0 or f/2.4? The light level can change each few seconds with clouds covering the sun. Thanks. I know that using A on a Leica M9 means aperture priority. I was curious about the aperture settings chosen by the camera.