Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sat, 29 Jun 2013 lrzeitlin at aol.com wrote: Subject: [Leica] Better (and cheaper) than Fuji. >Enough about Fuji. If you want to use your legacy Leica lenses on a >different platform without the expense of a M9 or a 240, try this. >Olympus EPL-1 cameras are being sold at near giveaway prices by various >distributors. I bought two, one body and one with a 14 to 42 mm kit lens >from Cameta Camera in NYC, >both for substantially less than $200 each. The >sensor and much of the internal electronics are the same as? that in later >models offered by the troubled Olympus company.?I've >written about this >before so bear with me. >... >Here is a LUG Gallery album showing some of these lenses mounted on the >little camera. >http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Various+lenses+on+EPL-1/ >... >Larry Z =========================================================================================================================================== I still want the X-E1. It has a built-in viewfinder and an APS-C sensor and the control remind me of a film camera. BTW, since 13 is my lucky number, I love the serial number of your Pen F 38mm lens - 131133. Alan Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services (Retired) UPAA POY 1978 amr3 at uwm.edu http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt