Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]so nathan, any regrets about not hanging with your m's and holding out for an 8? leo On 8/2/07, Nathan Wajsman <nathan@nathanfoto.com> wrote: > > Hi Aram, > > For me it is not difficult to focus a 100mm lens on the E410. It > makes things easier that I usually shoot at wide apertures, f5.6 or > wider. In general, I do not find long lenses to be a big problem. The > wide angles are another matter. When focusing a 21mm lens manually, > the rangefinder reigns supreme. > > Nathan > > On 2-aug-2007, at 16:48, Aram Langhans#2 wrote: > > > Exactly what I wanted to know, Nathan. Thank you very much. That > > is exactly what the Canon does not do. > > > > How easy is it to focus the camera manually with those lenses? I > > don't think there is a focus confirmation adapter for teh 4/3 > > system (yet). > > > > Aram > > > > > > > >> Message: 3 > >> Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:43:36 +0200 > >> From: Nathan Wajsman <nathan@nathanfoto.com> > >> Subject: Re: [Leica] OK. How about exposure issues with a 4/3 camera > >> and R lenses? > >> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > >> Message-ID: <C8986AF1-A357-47D3-A665-CB0DCE38BD42@nathanfoto.com> > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; > delsp=yes; format=flowed > >> > >> Hi Aram, > >> > >> I just put the 100mm Apo Macro on my E410, set the camera on the > >> table, focused the lens at infinity and pointed it a uniformly white > >> wall. Indicated exposure was 1/500 at f2.8. As I closed down the lens > >> to f4, f5.6, ... , f22, the indicated shutter speed doubled with each > >> f-stop, as expected, ending at 1/6 at f22. Is this what you wanted to > >> know? > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Nathan > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > Nathan Wajsman > nathan@nathanfoto.com > General photography: > http://www.nathanfoto.com > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.frozenlight.eu > Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Leo Wesson Photographer/Videographer 817.733.9157