Doc Henry Posted May 5, 2010 Share #41 Posted May 5, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) Yeah ... and you missed focus by a wide margin. Optimum sharpness is not on the workers but on the background—see the bars and tubes and rigging gear on the ground in the upper-right corner. It's true, I had not noticed instantly ! with Summilux 50mm (or Summilux 35mm) a little hazy on the test day Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! with 135 mm : buildings in the center,estimated at 900-1000m, always seen from my office. Picture not enlarged Henry Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! with 135 mm : buildings in the center,estimated at 900-1000m, always seen from my office. Picture not enlarged Henry ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119893-m9-135-apo-telyt/?do=findComment&comment=1314908'>More sharing options...
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luigi bertolotti Posted May 5, 2010 Share #42 Posted May 5, 2010 My suggestion is that we write real LETTERS rather than email to Mr Daniel (if he's the right person?) - these tend to have more impact in my experience... I've also just remembered that Mr Daniel did write to me as follows on 18th November 2009: "With regard to the 135mm/f3.4 we have taken the decision not to offer this lens in a coded version, as we cannot guarantee a flawless performance at full open aperture because to the limits of the rangefinder in combination with the digital application. (Film is much more "forgiving" than a CCD). A coded version of the 135mm would imply the full compatibility to the M9. I sincerely hope for your understanding that we won't offer this lens in a coded version, but we have got the request from some users to let appear a warning message on the screen, when a coded lens is put on the camera after a manual selected lens. This at least would make life easier. Please let me have your opinion! " What do others think. A possible draft wording would be... Dear Mr Daniel, While we appreciate Leica's concern that it cannot guarantee a flawless performance from the 135mm / f3.4 Apo-Telyt with the M9, our experience as users is that this is an excellent lens which deserves to be included in the set of lenses supported by the M9 Auto Recognition function. We fully understand that 6 bit coding will not affect the lens's imaging capacity, but would appreciate the convenience of having the correct EXIF data written correctly to the DNG for archive management purposes. As it is, even with the manual code allocation option, the EXIF data does not report accurately to software such as Lightroom (Leica's DNG processing partner software). We hope, therefore, that as part of your responsiveness to your customers' needs, you will include an auto recognition code for the 135 Apo-Telyt in the next firmware release so that the lens can be correctly coded. In the meantime, many thanks for the M9. It is an outstanding imaging tool. Yours etc... What do you think? Good idea ! I'll join the writers... the draft is perfect and I think to do only some minor "customization" just to not deliver a bunch of photocopies... . Being Herr Daniel, I hope, a marketing-wise manager, I'll add that I have NOT, presently, the APO Telyt... ... I think that any (even no big) investiment has to be considered also on the basis of a possible return on sales... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 5, 2010 Share #43 Posted May 5, 2010 Good idea ! I'll join the writers... the draft is perfect and I think to do only some minor "customization" just to not deliver a bunch of photocopies... . Being Herr Daniel, I hope, a marketing-wise manager, I'll add that I have NOT, presently, the APO Telyt... ... I think that any (even no big) investiment has to be considered also on the basis of a possible return on sales... Perfetto! Of cause: Could you please improve my lens, that you built so well... versus: It is a perfect lens and I'm almost ready to buy it, if... We're good & honest blokes, but... Luigi's right... except maybe not when presuming, that Mr. Daniel ('s assistant) does not follow the forum Though not only people here say, that he's truly nice and (happy-) customer oriented. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted May 6, 2010 Share #44 Posted May 6, 2010 Perfetto! Of cause: Could you please improve my lens, that you built so well... versus: It is a perfect lens and I'm almost ready to buy it, if... We're good & honest blokes, but... Luigi's right... except maybe not when presuming, that Mr. Daniel ('s assistant) does not follow the forum :D Though not only people here say, that he's truly nice and (happy-) customer oriented. Well... It's TRUE that I haven't the APO Telyt, it's true that I like 135s, so I haven't problem to declare my possible interest to buy one... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
happymac Posted May 6, 2010 Share #45 Posted May 6, 2010 Did anyone notice, that even if you did the lens detection manually in the menu, lightroom 2.7/3.0 beta and photoshop CS4 edit the Apo-Telyt-M f/3.4 135 mm as a Leica Elmarit-M f/2.8 135mm. Any ideas to avoid this resp. to get the correct information with the photos taken with that lens? Thanks in advance Tom Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted May 6, 2010 Share #46 Posted May 6, 2010 There isn't - that is the point of this thread. We would like to have it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
happymac Posted May 7, 2010 Share #47 Posted May 7, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) There isn't - that is the point of this thread. We would like to have it Sorry, I fully agree. I should have read the post completely... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
epand56 Posted May 7, 2010 Share #48 Posted May 7, 2010 This is a picture taken with a Tele Elmar 135 on my M8. I would say that it is even sharper than the Apo Telyt and costs ten times less (mine was 180 euros) Just to unchain a quarrel... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Lea Posted May 7, 2010 Share #49 Posted May 7, 2010 I too am a happy owner of the 13mm F4 Elmar, though mine was 1/4 of the price of the Apo Telyt, and I wouldn't presume to say it's sharper. But I find I always forget to set it in the lens menu, which is a pain. Fortunately it is the only uncoded lens I have, but I would much rather be able to code it. Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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