[Leica] Leica lenses on the Pana G1 - a few photos from today

[len-001 at verizon.net (Leonard Taupier)]

Hello Howard,

My that bearded man takes a handsome portrait. ;-)

This is a very interesting test. The focus is certainly dead on.  
Since you mentioned focusing with the magnified view, I wondered how  
easy is it to focus normally through the EVF, with say the 35mm  
Summilux ? How does the camera feel in general ? You also mention  
that you have to figure out how to shoot without a lens. Does that  
mean the camera does not recognize the adapter as a lens and won't  
fire ? Anyway thanks for the report and the interesting photos.

Cheers,
Len


On Dec 23, 2008, at 10:50 AM, H&ECummer wrote:

> Hi Luggers,
> Ray Tai and Chris Topher and I met at the China Tee Club today and  
> mated my L > M4/3rds adapter with
> Chris's black G1. We used my 15 Heliar, the 24 Elmarit, the 35  
> Summilux Asph, The Tri-Elmar, the 50mm Summilux Asph,
> the 90 Summicron APO, my old 135 Elmar (from 1964) and Chris's 50mm  
> Zeiss f1.5.
>
> Pictures taken with some of these lenses can be found at:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/M+Lenses+to+Micro 
> +4-3rds/
>
> http://tinyurl.com/9bh9zx
>
> The EVF is better than I remember it at Photokina. Under  
> fluorescent lights
> there is strobing in the viewfinder but with daylight or other  
> lighting the EVF works quite well.
> A Leica rangefinder viewfinder it isn't but still it is usable. You  
> have to set the G1 to fire
> the shutter without a lens on the camera and that takes some  
> digging through the instruction
> book to find the menus within menus.
> What is very appealing is that in manual focus you touch the left  
> arrow of the control wheel on the back
> and that brings up a 10X magnification box. You can move the box  
> over the area you want
> to enlarge and then push the set button in the center of the  
> control wheel to enlarge that section.
> You have to be quite fast to fix focus because the magnification  
> shuts off in about 3 seconds. It is easiest to use
> with wide angle lenses because the magnified camera shake is not so  
> great. For telephotos like the 90 Cron and the
> 135 Elmar - the shaking of the hand held camera is so magnified  
> that it is hard to fix focus before the magnification
> turns off. Chris believes a firmware upgrade has already been  
> announced to allow the user to extend the timing
> of the magnification.
> I didn't get to take the camera out for any street shooting so I  
> can't comment on its use there and I didn't have
> time (nor inclination) to work through all the camera's features  
> and menus.
> Still, as you can see from the pictures it performs pretty well -  
> although we did notice that white balance when set to auto
> fluctuated quite a bit from shot to shot.
> A feature which appeals to me for street shooting is the moveable  
> view screen on the back but I will have to test it
> another day.
> Bottom line: Would I buy one? Could be, but I wasn't so blown away  
> that I ran next door to get one today. Still, I might
> when the new prices fall a bit more.
> Comments and questions welcome.
> Cheers
> Howard
>
>
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