Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/08/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Very nice images, Howard. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "H&E Cummer" <cummer at netvigator.com> To: <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2012 12:41 PM Subject: [Leica] Leica M lenses on Fuji X Pro 1 via official Fuji adapter > Hello Luggers, > I finally got the official Fuji M > X adapter and have been testing out my > M lenses on the X Pro 1. > Some of you may recall that I earlier had an adapter from China which > would not allow infinity focusing of my M lenses. > That is not a problem with the fuji adapter although it has its own > idiosyncracies. I have put three pictures in a > separate folder here: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/LeicaFuji/ > > http://tinyurl.com/bvo4d7n > > The first picture is taken with the 18 Elmar on the X Pro 1. > It is the interior of the car deck of the Queen of Nanaimo as we are > driving our car on to the ferry. > Taken through the windshield. Some users report on the internet blurry > corners with the X Pro 1 using > some Leica wide angles but I didn't see evidence of that in my playing > around. > > The second picture is a whale watching boat off Galiano Island taken with > the 90 Elmarit on the > X Pro 1. Mount Baker, about 140 miles away is in the upper right of the > picture. You can also see > the pollution caused by ships travelling in the channel - the brown smear > to the left of Mount Baker. > > The third picture was taken at the Zen Cafe on Yew Street on Friday > morning when I joined Tom > Abrahamsson and the camera guys for breakfast. It was taken with the 18 > Elmar on the fuji. > > The X Pro 1 wants to default to 1/30 with the adapter on so you need to > set the auto ISO to 3200 > and use a manual shutter speed. I used 1/500 for the most part and f8.0 on > the lenses and let the iSO > run where it wanted to go. > > I did some comparison shots with the M8 and the same lenses and found the > M8 records in a warmer > tone that the X Pro 1. > > Please look large. C&C always welcome. > > Cheers > Howard (back on Pender and enjoying the heat - it was 30 degrees > centigrade yesterday - which was nearly a record for the cool Gulf > Islands) > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >