jpattison Posted August 6, 2009 Share #21 Posted August 6, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Yes, they did have plenty of time for a second edition, which would show the discreet advance now available to the M8 (more typos in that section (p33... shutter closing/closed, instead of winding/wound) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted August 6, 2009 Posted August 6, 2009 Hi jpattison, Take a look here Brian Bower LEICA M8/8.2 book - now shipping in UK. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
ptarmigan Posted August 6, 2009 Share #22 Posted August 6, 2009 I've had this book a couple of months. IMHO it is very poor. I voiced my opinion before in another thread so I won't do so again in detail but I would urge - try before you buy or you may be disappointed. I didn't and I was. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JvSluis Posted May 2, 2010 Share #23 Posted May 2, 2010 About the Boowu-M (16526), Brian Bower makes a mistake in describing it at pages 128-129. It is not so that the frame sizes are reduced by the tele-effect of the M8, as showed in the table at page 128, but the distance to the object should be extended. In other words, to use the Boowu-M correctly, one has to extend the legs with about a third! In this way I've made excellent A-4 copies with an old Elmar 3.5/50mm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
giordano Posted May 2, 2010 Share #24 Posted May 2, 2010 About the Boowu-M (16526), Brian Bower makes a mistake in describing it at pages 128-129. It is not so that the frame sizes are reduced by the tele-effect of the M8, as showed in the table at page 128, but the distance to the object should be extended. In other words, to use the Boowu-M correctly, one has to extend the legs with about a third! In this way I've made excellent A-4 copies with an old Elmar 3.5/50mm. I can understand making longer legs or extending the existing ones - but how did you get the focus right? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JvSluis Posted September 19, 2010 Share #25 Posted September 19, 2010 I can understand making longer legs or extending the existing ones - but how did you get the focus right? Dear Giordano, I've bought four alu-tubes, length 40.4 cm and diameter 12 mm (outside) and 8 mm (inside). They fit on the original legs till the extension-screw. See the two pictures. For A4 the distance for focus is OK, for A4 I have to put the object on a book of about 6 cm high. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JvSluis Posted September 19, 2010 Share #26 Posted September 19, 2010 About the Boowu-M (16526), Brian Bower makes a mistake in describing it at pages 128-129. It is not so that the frame sizes are reduced by the tele-effect of the M8, as showed in the table at page 128, but the distance to the object should be extended. In other words, to use the Boowu-M correctly, one has to extend the legs with about a third! In this way I've made excellent A-4 copies with an old Elmar 3.5/50mm. I have to make half a correction. Recently I bought an Elmar 2.8/50mm collapsable. And I was very surprised to find out tat Bower was right bnow and that I had not to make any extension of the Boowy-legs. So at the happy end I have another problem, a mystery for me: why this difference between the Elmar 3.5/50mm and the Elmar 2.8/50mm? For what reason does the first one needs an extension of the Boowy-legs and the second one not? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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