Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you. That confirms what I had feared. The Fuji bodies are not for me. At all. I'll wait until the Leica M240 is perfected. Tina On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 8:00 PM, Jay Burleson <leica at jayburleson.com> wrote: > 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/<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/<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." > > ______________________________**_________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > http://leica-users.org/**mailman/listinfo/lug<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug>for > more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com