Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/10

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Subject: [Leica] M9 reviewers drawn from the "unwashed masses"
From: lug at steveunsworth.co.uk (Steve Unsworth)
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:23:30 +0000
 
That's what I did when I used R lenses on my Canon 5D, and I didn't find it
a problem either.

However, I'm not 'everyman', presumably auto diaphragm lenses caught on for
a reason. It's easy for us to decide what we need or don't need, Leica have
to see a broader picture.

Steve


On 10/11/09 17:00, "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:

> I must be missing something.  I use Leica-R lenses on my Olympus E-510, 
> with
> an adapter, and I don't find it to be a problem.  I select "aperture
> preferred", ISO, and focus and compose with the lens wide open.  Then,
> without taking the camera away from my eye, I rotate the aperture ring to
> around 5.6 to 8, let the auto-exposure sensor do its thing, and press the
> shutter release.  What is difficult about that?
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