[Leica] New 4/3 equipment?

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

Its just that .95 with a 2x crop format is not the same ballgame razor thin
depth of field wise as it is at all on a 1x no crop. I'm sure Rei's math is
right and its the same as a Summicron with 1x. The focusing systems with the
non mirror cameras can be quite effective with the little area in the middle
magnified so you can really see if its in focus or not. I'd think it could
work. So I understand.
And I agree its best to not focus on rumor sites for threads. Of any kind.
Rumors are bad things I was told as a child. I try not to spread them. I try
not to listen to them.

A .95 lens gives us the normal kind of shallow focus we are used to with a
normal medium speed normal lens and that's pretty shallow. Normally if you
want shallow your not going to get it in 2x crop any other way I'm aware of.
Maybe they have a reasonably fast short tele?

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Mark William Rabiner
Photography
mark at rabinergroup.com


> From: Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 07:18:23 +0200
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] New 4/3 equipment?
> 
> Firstly, I find it curious that CV would "announce" a new lens on a 
> "Rumors"
> site.
> 
> But assuming it is true, I am quite sceptical about the utility of this 
> lens.
> The point of using it is to shoot at f0.95, obviously. And given my 
> experience
> focusing the 90mm Elmarit on the GF-1, I think that the % of usable images
> would be below 10%.
> 
> As others have said, most cameras work best as a system with the lenses
> designed for it, and my conclusion is that despite the automatic 
> magnification
> feature of the GF-1 when focusing manually etc., the GF-1 works best with 
> MFT
> autofocus lenses.
> 
> Cheers,
> Nathan