Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/10/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A few days ago I posted a comment about wanting to use my f1.4 MC Rokkor (Minolta SRT-101) lens with my Ms. Steve and others pointed me to the Fotodiox MC/MD to M adapter...So I got one! For a joke (well may be not too much of a joke) I strapped it on to my Fuji X-Pro1 and this is the result: <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/PESO2011/ForJimMC-Rokkor_Fuji-1.jpg.html> f1.4 MC Rokkor + Fotodiox MC to M converter plus Fuji M to Fuji mount on the X-Pro1. Exposure about 1/55th at f2.8 (the metadata shows 1/55 at F1.0 - but it ain't so). Detail rendition is quite good on this eclectic shot with a smooth picture frame (containing a picture of Stirling Moss in a DBR3); the ornately carved capital of a 19th(?)C Indian pillar, now inverted and re-modelled as a candle holder!; a bunch of empty 12-bore cartridges (don't ask); the broken base of a Roman 1st(?)C pot from Austria; a late 20thC marquetry clock and finally at the extreme right the edge of a model Jaguar XK120. The point is that it renders the varying textures and detail well; remarkably so given that its on a modern digital camera! oh, and there's bokeh out the window! :-) Many thanks Steve and all the others who suggested it. Thanks for taking the time to look. Peter Dzwig