Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/09/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don?t buy much new equipment these days; by and large, I have what I need. But occasionally, something really compelling comes along. I recently saw an ad for a Fotodiox adapter to mount Leica lenses on Fuji X cameras, and I bought one. It arrived on Friday, and yesterday I tried it with the 90mm Elmarit on my Fuji X-T2. Basically, it looks like a thicker version of a regular lens adapter, and it is slightly bigger at the bottom, but not overly large. You mount the lens, roughly focus the lens (to, say, 5 meters for regular street photography, 1 meter for close-ups and infinity for subjects far away but necessarily infinity). According to the manual, this pre-focusing is only needed on telephoto lenses. But my interest is precisely to use the magnificent 90mm on my Fuji. So I tested the combination as I always do?I took some pictures. Monica, at close distance and at f2.8: https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-KNMF5P7/A Decoration on the wall of my home office, also at f2.8: https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-Z384c76/A A small boat arriving in our harbour: https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-PtZLg8z/A I am pretty pleased with this device. The AF is not as fast as a native Fuji lens, but it is serviceable, and the success rate is much higher than when I focus these lenses manually on the Fuji. The adapter is here: https://fotodioxpro.com/collections/lens-mount-adapters/products/lm-fxrf-prn Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA "I?m not arguing, I?m just explaining why I?m right"