Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, As usual, you do not understand context. Well, let me explain. It makes it irrelevant to go to a lot of trouble to use Leica M lenses on the camera bodies under discussion, when using Lumix and/or Olympus lenses is far more efficient and simple, unless you want to shoot wide open or thereabouts, which is Leica's strength over the others. Have you tried focusing a 90mm Elamrit M lens on a GF-1 body? Not surprisingly, I thought you had not. Let me tell you it is no picnic, and I would probably just go out and buy a Panasonic 100-300 or something if I wanted that range. Cheers Jayanand On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > The idea that stopping down makes it irrelevant to use Leica lenes is > patently absurd. What if you wanted to get something in focus? You need to > stop down for most shots. The extremely selective focus thing can only get > you so far. > > > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > From: Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> > > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 07:43:23 +0530 > > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Going digital with M lenses (outside of M8/M9)? > > > > They work well, as Nathan says, on the GF-1, but they are very difficult > to > > focus properly wide open on the EVF. If you have to stop down, why use > Leica > > lenses in the first place? I think the quality of the viewfinder is > > critical, so check that out. Alternatively use ultra wides where focusing > is > > a non issue. > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > > > On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 9:58 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu > >wrote: > > > >> Hi Jan, > >> > >> I find that using M lenses on my GF-1 works quite well. I use the > adapter > >> from Cameraquest. In fact, I just bought the 12mm non-rangefinder > coupled CV > >> lens, and it works brilliantly on the GF-1. And of course the fact that > it > >> is not rangefinder-coupled is of no consequence in this case. > >> > >> 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 > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On Jun 26, 2011, at 6:13 PM, Jan Decher wrote: > >> > >>> Hi Folks, > >>> What's currently the best way to take my M and ZM lenses to digital > >>> (outside of M8/M9)? > >>> > >>> I considering buying a Micro 4/3rds body (Olympus, Panasonic) perhaps > >> with > >>> one indigenous "pancake-type" lens and the M adapter. Any issues with > >>> metering, manual focussing etc. to be aware of? > >>> > >>> Which adapter is the best (Novoflex, CameraQuest, EBAY China-made...)? > >>> Thanks, > >>> Jan > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >