Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Great Victor!, enjoy it! Saludos cordiales lluis El 09/03/2009, a las 22:53, Victor Rubin escribi?: > Hi All: > I am so excited I can hardly type this message. I can finally use my > Leica > lenses again- and now digitally. I can do it without the expense of > the M8 > which as I have said many times is and will remain out of my reach. > What I > am speaking about is, of course, the Panasonic G1 and the adapter > provided > by Stephen Gandy at Camera Quest. As soon as I saw the adapter was > available- I realized that I had to get the G1. I traded some analogue > cameras for it...I won't tell you how little I got for these > classics (no > Leicas involved), but that's the price you pay these days. Anyway, > the day > after I got the G1, PMA showed the GH1...typical. I sent for the > adapter > and Stephen Gandy was good enough to overnight it to me on Saturday, > so I > received it today. He is very obliging and the adapter is as > advertised, in > other words, utterly spectacular. I yanked out almost all my Leica > lenses. A > Voigt. Ultron 28 mm 1.9, (56mm equiv. the "normal" lens), a 35 mm > Ultron > 1.7(70mm equiv) my Summicron 50, etc.etc. They all worked and even > my 0.95 > Canon (converted for M use) now works with the Panasonic as an 0.95 > 100mm > lens. This is wild stuff. All this on a $600.00 body. I slapped on > the 28 mm > and ran to a local shop where I imaged the young lady behind the > counter. I > have to remember there is no image stabilizer, so I will have to be > steadier > in the future- but I enclose the shot the first of many, many I hope > with > this outfit. I cannot recommend it highly enough Bests: vroger > > http://v-images.smugmug.com/gallery/7556755_Lh3WE#488291961_2Mugg-L-LB > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information