Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/10/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The lenses are not equivalent IMO, there is more to that than just sharpness, and the interface is far worse than Leica. Then starting to carry multiple systems, chargers etc to use the Leica lenses as designed.... I could sell any one of a number of lenses and buy the entire Fuji range but have no interest ;-) john ________________________________________ Save money? Get equivalent lenses inexpensively? Less weight? Better low light capabilities (key for Tina)? The list can go on - the million dollar question is - do you want to buy equipment to fit the job at the least cost or not? Tina is a professional, unlike all of us. Rules change in that sphere - most pros I know (and I know quite a few very, very well) are very practical about equipment, not sentimental. Cheers Jayanand On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 8:24 AM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote: > Why on earth would somebody with a large Leica collection want to do that? > > john > ________________________________________ > > > As a practical user, I would wait and then buy a Fuji XE-2 and a Fuji > 35mm f1.4...(-: Gives you a light kit, great quality sensor/lens and > relatively inexpensive...and ISO 25,600 if the specs run true > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 4:36 AM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> > wrote: >> A DR Summicron that has been operated on works well on the M240? In the >> close range? Details, please. >> >> I am looking for something smaller and lighter than the Noctilux. I love >> my Noctilux but I don't always need 1.0 and the size does keep me from >> using it as often as the 35/1.4 which is my normal lens to keep on the >> M240 >> or the MM but the 50 would give a little more reach and a "normal" >> perspective. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Tina >> >> >> On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 7:00 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> >> wrote: >> >>> A DR Summicron like that works well on the M (240) in the close range :-) >>> >>> What are the reasons for looking for something other than the Noctilux? >>> Anything other than the Noctilux asph will be smaller/lighter but the DR >>> and pre-asph Summilux give a look more like the f1.0 Noctilux than the >>> Summilux asph does..... >>> >>> john >>> ________________________________________ >>> >>> >>> Tina: >>> I also have a Dual-Range Summicron. I sent it to DAG, who ground off the >>> close-focus cam (the one used with the "eyes." I think it cost $80. So >>> now >>> it fits on my M8 and should fit on any other digital M. I sold the >>> eyes.. >>> So now I have a lens I can use on my digital M instead of a lens I can >>> only use when I shoot film, which I don't. >>> >>> For a while I thought it was wrong to defile such an elegant mechanical >>> object. Then I decided: Lenses are to be used. Food for thought. >>> >>> Peter >>> ------------- >>> Tina wrote: >>> Yes, the Noctilux is my only practical 50. I have a Summicron that has >>> the >>> eyes, but I don't think that fits on anything current. I probably use my >>> >>>