Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I was pleasantly surprised today after detailed testing of my M lenses on the X-E1. I also have a few flower shots to be posted later. The adapter allows you to make in-camera adjustments for distortion, peripheral illumination and color shading, as detailed here: http://www.fujifilmusa.com/products/digital_cameras/accessories/lens/mount/fujifilm_m_mount_adapter/ None of my current lenses (list below) show any appreciable need for correction in the camera. I can say, in my case, that using M lenses on the Fuji bodies is great, as long as your subject is not moving. Landscape, controlled portraiture, and zone focused street work is doable. Otherwise it is it difficult, mainly because with the 3x and 10x magnifier makes the image dance considerably whilst handholding the camera. I expect young and proper working eyes might be able to focus with the non-magnified view, but alas, those days are gone for me... Maybe it'll get better; a rangefinder it is not. It is nice to have a 135 mm equivalent reach, and the system will suffice for the occasional color shot that I come across. I do plan on adding a Fuji 23 mm (for a 35 mm angle of view) lens when it is released. Lenses tested: Elmarit-M 1:2.8/21mm ASPH. Summicron-M 1:2/ 35 mm ASPH. Elmar-M 1:2.8/ 50 mm APO-Summicron-M 1:2/75 mm ASPH. APO-Summicron-M 1:2/90 mm ASPH. -- Jay, Jay Burleson Gallery <http://jayburleson.com/leica/gallery/index.php/> "A photographer is simply someone who is looking for something that can't be found. The photograph is the record of that attempt."