Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/04/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have been delighted with the performance of my film era glass on my stack of Fuji x pros. Obviously there are some challenges my 16mm zuiko was iffy (but the $120 7artisans is superb) the trombone focus 400 500 awkward but perform okay. Most zuikos good Nikkors too Rokkor x not so much Do love adapt all 300. 17 etc Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 11, 2018, at 4:02 PM, Craig Schroeder <craig at craigschroeder.com> > wrote: > > Some of my all-time favorite film era lenses have left me luke-warm on my > Fuji X bodies. I have found no consistent predictor, either. Part of my > initial choice of the Fuji X system was its adaptability for my legacy > lenses. The digital Fuji and Zeiss optics that I've accumulated have been > better or easily the equal of the best of my old glass so I've just > drifted from dealing with them and the Fuji.... It's beyond my elementary > understanding of light angles and how they strike the sensor that perhaps > wasn't an issue with film but rears its head in the digital applications? > For some reason my old Contax G 45 and 90 are quite good on the Fuji > bodies but I have found it easier to use new glass in those focal ranges > anyway and tend to not use them either. > >> On 4/11/2018 5:42 PM, Frank Filippone wrote: >> If you do not like to read about testing, and you got this far, best hit >> the >> delete key. No whining allowed. >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information