Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yep, can't you read? :-) It was a joke. Daniel On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 10:46 AM, philippe.amard <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> wrote: > > Le 26 ao?t 10 ? 10:34, Daniel Ridings a ?crit : > >> >> As you can read, they are adamantly denying all rumours: >> > > Sure? > http://www.cosina.co.jp/v.html > ph > > >> http://www.cosina.co.jp/seihin/voigt/v-lens/micro-ft/index.html >> >> Probably just as well. I have only looked fleetingly through the >> viewfinder with manual focus, but it didn't take me long to realize >> that I am too old to focus that way. >> >> Daniel >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 7:18 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> >> wrote: >>> >>> 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 >>> >>> On 26 Aug, 2010, at 2:56 , Ric Carter wrote: >>> >>>> that's the reason for the question >>>> >>>> i've heard complaints about manual focusing on cameras with electronic >>>> viewfinders >>>> >>>> ric >>>> >>>> >>>> On Aug 25, 2010, at 8:51 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: >>>> >>>>> It's manual focus. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Aug 25, 2010, at 7:45 PM, Ric Carter wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> i love the concept of this new lens from cv, but is it possible to >>>>>> focus the thing? >>>>>> >>>>>> i have no experience, so not a rhetorical question >>>>>> >>>>>> ric >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> Nathan Wajsman >>> Alicante, Spain >>> http://www.frozenlight.eu >>> http://www.greatpix.eu >>> http://www.nathanfoto.com >>> >>> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 >>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >>> Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman >>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >