Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >> -- >> To unsubscribe, see >> http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >> > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > Alastair - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html