[Leica] Leica lenses on other cameras

[lrzeitlin at aol.com (lrzeitlin at aol.com)]

 I have used Leica lenses on other cameras for many years. Most recently on 
an Olympus EPL 1 digital camera. The smaller sensor has both advantages and 
disadvantages. The most obvious disadvantage is that the focal length is 
doubled, i.e. a 35 mm lens covers the field of a 70 mm lens on a standard 
Leica camera, a 50 mm lens becomes a 100 mm lens. Paradoxically an advantage 
is that the smaller sensor means that the ?sweet? center of the lens is 
utilized eliminating the fuzzy corners. This often makes old Leica lenses 
perform as well as the newer ones. Focusing the digital camera with an eye 
level electronic viewfinder is dead easy although you must manually stop 
down to the exposure aperture. Shades of the1960s. Dumb converters are 
available for most cameras for about $20 through eBay. I have rekindled a 
love affair with an old 50 mm Canon f1.2. On my digital camera it now works 
as very high speed short telephoto. All the low resolution corners of the 
frame are left out. Pictures of the camera with various lenses attached are 
in the gallery. Who needs a Noctilux?
Larry Z