Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/22

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Adapter Question
From: Alastair Firkin <firkin@ncable.net.au>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 19:50:45 +1000

In fact, I believe it was one of the biggest mistakes they made ;-)

On Monday, Jul 21, 2003, at 22:08 Australia/Melbourne, Ernest Nitka 
wrote:

> Ben - I don't wanna be too flip but the adapter your speaking of is 
> called a Hexar RF  :)
>
> I doubt very much that there exists an adapter such as you describe.  
> I don't think the Xpan designers ever thought of the camera as being 
> used for low light , street photography.
>
> ernie
>
> moderator of Xpan group
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/XpanUG/
>
>
> On Sunday, July 20, 2003, at 08:59 PM, BenMarks@aol.com wrote:
>
>> Joseph (or anyone on the LUG):
>>
>> I spent the weekend using my too-often-in-the-bag XPan and I have to 
>> say, I like the results.  The real shortcoming of the system is the 
>> speed of the lenses (a result, I beleive, of the compromises 
>> necessary to make the lenses cover in the panoramic format).
>>
>> I wonder if there is anyone out there who makes an adapter to fit 
>> fast Leica glass on the Xpan.  To be clear:  I DON'T need to cover 
>> the 6cm panoramic format with my fast Leica glass, but it would be 
>> nice to use the other features of the camera (like the light meter 
>> and auto mode, which I have found very reliable).  Also the 
>> rangefinder in the XPan is very snappy.
>>
>> Any thoughts?
>>
>> Ben Marks
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