Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Love the tails! I also like the 12mm as a street lens. Just set it for hyperfocal focusing and everything is in focus. Tina On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 5:26 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>wrote: > On a bit of whim, I picked up a second-hand 12mm Cosina/Voigntlander lens > for my M8. This is the first version, which is not rangefinder-coupled. So > to use it on an M8 or any other M (or screw mount Leica), you focus by > estimating the distance. Given the depth of field involved, this is not > hard > to do. > > But I played with the lens on my GF-1. Of course, when mounted on a MFT > camera, this lens does focus in the normal way, and as this image shows, it > is eminently possible to achieve critical focus: > > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_netUM#1341218512_tp6DQ8J-O-LB > > But really, that is not what this lens is for. It is a lens you set on 2 > meters and do happy snaps, for example like this image at the vet: > > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_netUM#1341218556_QFSh5K4-O-LB > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com