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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 15/6/2011: playing with my new 12mm lens
From: lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 11:46:01 +0200
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Nathan,

It looks like an amazing lens, the pictures you showed are all with  
the GF-1?, but for the M8 you will need an external 16mm viewfinder...

Saludos and ENJOY IT!
Lluis

El 17/06/2011, a las 11:26, Nathan Wajsman escribi?:

> 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.
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> 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
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> 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
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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