[LRflex] Re: leicareflex Digest V6 #284
- From: Scott McLeod <scott.s.mcleod@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:32:02 +1000
They were brand new, so I can't think that would be it.
I can only think it might have been something to do with that specific
lens and how it communicated with the camera, but until my boss
decides to buy another lens and (shock!) actually *use* the camera
there's no way for me to tell...
Scott
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 3:15 PM, FreeLists Mailing List Manager
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> Leica Reflex Forum Digest
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> leicareflex Digest Mon, 28 Sep 2009 Volume: 06 Issue: 284
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> [LRflex] Re: R9 question
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> Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:07:48 +0200
> From: Philippe Amard <philippe.amard@xxxxxx>
> Subject: [LRflex] Re: R9 question
>
> Could this be a low battery issue?
> Phx
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>
> Scott McLeod wrote:
>
>>Hello all,
>>
>>This is my first post to this forum so I hope I get it right!
>>
>>I recently had the opportunity to put a roll of film through a
>>brand-new R9 (it had literally never been shot before). It belongs to
>>my boss who bought it months ago without a lens (long story). He
>>finally decided to get a used 50/2 Summicron (Canada) for it and
>>instructed me to "go test it". Needless to say I didn't have to be
>>asked twice!
>>
>>Anyway, the scans came out very nice indeed and I could find no
>>optical problems with the lens, but my boss is *extremely* picky and
>>he "didn't like the look of it" so he returned it and the R9 once
>>again rests in its milled-foam packaging in the bottom drawer of his
>>desk. What I did notice was something rather strange - I shot the
>>camera in A mode, and when changing aperture on the lens there was a
>>very noticeable delay in the VF display updating - it never actually
>>stuck, but it seemed sluggish in a way that I have never seen before
>>with any camera (including very old Minolta, Nikon and Canon SLRs; the
>>metering display in my M6 TTL resonds instantaneously to changes in
>>aperture). This particular lens, while optically fine, did have an
>>unexpectedly "industrial" feel to it (I can't think of a better way to
>>express it). It certainly did not have the silky, jewel-like precision
>>I was expecting from a Leica lens (or a Zeiss ZM for that matter). I
>>was wondering, is this normal behavior for the R9 in A mode, or is
>>this an anomaly? Everything else on the camera seemed to have a superb
>>precision feel. Maybe this lens had led a hard life and was not
>>behaving as it should, I dunno.
>>
>>Sorry for the long post - any advice on this topic would be greatly
>>appreciated!
>>
>>Thanks
>>Scott McLeod
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