[Leica] Nathan's PAD 12/9/2020: testing the Fotodiox AF adapter

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the bike sculpture is captivating

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> On Sep 13, 2020, at 1:56 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:
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> 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.
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> Monica, at close distance and at f2.8:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-KNMF5P7/A
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> Decoration on the wall of my home office, also at f2.8:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-Z384c76/A
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> A small boat arriving in our harbour:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-PtZLg8z/A
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> 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.
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> The adapter is here: https://fotodioxpro.com/collections/lens-mount-adapters/products/lm-fxrf-prn
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
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> 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/>
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> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
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> YNWA
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