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Leica M8 backfocus
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Just a little note about M8. I have had one since february, but most of the time it has been out of my hands and in Germany to be repaired.
With my 50mm 1.4 it has heavy backfocus when I focus on a subject which is about 1.3 meter away at f:4.
With my 28mm 2.0 it has a heavy backfocus when I focus on a subject which is about 4 meters away. In this case it focuses at about 6 meters which is 2 meters behind the subject.
Whith my 35mm 2.0 it works all fine.
After nine months Leica still haven’t made it work.
Just to let you know.
Klavs
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Klavs Bo Christensen
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Wed Nov 28 09:26:14 UTC 2007
(ed. Mar 12 2008)
Copenhagen,
Denmark
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Klavs, I feel your pain. Although I’ve only bought the M8 3 months ago, it has already taken a trip to the factory. Thought it would be fixed? Guess again. Sending it back in tomorrow. Although my unit has no focussing troubles, the electronics are a mess. Nice files though… Hadn’t it been for the image quality, I would have sold by now.
Cheers,
Pat
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Really sorry to hear that guys. That’s really disappointing.
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Aye, shame that. I’ve not had a problem with mine so far, however I’m only using a summaron 35mm f2.8 so haven’t really had much experience with different lens’.
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I have an M8 since last June myself, I think I’ll just sell it before the end of the year. Very very disapointing, white balance sucks. Ah yeah, it does great shots at 160, in a sunny day, with little wind in the right direction and good temperature. Else in low light it sucks bad, the sf24 flash is a joke, and the M8’s noise over 640 is just too bad.
I’m missing my d200 which I sold last december because of no digital need. I’ll go for D3 or similar I guess, and keep my M6/M7 as for the leicas.
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Great. Mine’s just gone back to Germany. I’m only experiencing back focussing with one of my lenses – 40mm Nokton.
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Hi
I’ve got one since february and (knock on wood) everythings works good, i’ve done
all my last stories with it and i’m very happy to work with that camera.
Before i worked with an M6 and M7 and i was happy to find a camera like a M8.
Of course i don’t compare it for the noise to a 5D, but in term of discretion and efficacity, i think i can buy another one ( or a M9) i will do it.
Hope all your issues will be solved.
Best
Cyril
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I think that every single M8 has that backfocus problem ;) after reading some threads about the problem in the Leica forum, I fixed my backfocus by myself. if you are careful a easy thing to do. anyway, I only noticed it when I did some tests, after reading about the problem. working with wide angle lenses you will not notice that the focus is 2cm behind…
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I read this thread when I found out about the problem, but was never brave enough to try it myself. I’m suffering withdrawals without it, but I couldn’t have done the job on the M8 myself.
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Don’t get me wrong. I truly like the M8, really, even without the canon’s “no noise” possibilities. No backfocus here. I work with the camera daily. Newspaper stuff no less. All my colleagues think I’ve gone bonkers. As for flash, I use a nikon SB800 on manual. Works OK. Just a shame my camera suffers from well known defects.I hope that the elves at the leica factory will sort them out this time… As for the 40mm nokton, I have one too. Its focus is spot on wide open at closest focusing distance. But noticable focus shift from then on. I gave up on that lens. I’ve been working with rangefinders for a long time, and love them. That, and only that is the reason I haven’t given up on that camera.
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Hi again
I must say, that I really like the M8 and the files that comes out of it. I know that there will always be a tiny backfocus problem. Not only with Leica, but also with SLR’s and DSLR’s. There is a physical explanation for that. In my case though, my M8 together with my brand new 28mm 2.0 or my 50mm 1.4 is completely unusable. Everything is focussed quite far behind and Leica apparently don’t know what to do about it. Anyway.. This post was merely ment as a warning. From now on I will never buy a new lens without testing it on my camera first. (Hopefully my problems will be over soon though. Two days ago I picked up my camera from it’s latest trip to the factory. Before leaving the store I insisted on checking it out. I don’t know what happened in Germany, but both my 50mm and my M8 was completely smashed up. The shutter was totally broken (very visible), and the focusring on the lens couldn’t move. It seems as they have dropped it on the floor and then sent it back. So.. I’ll get a new one and hopefully one that works).
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