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Subject: [Leica] Panasonic G1 with Leica Glass / M6 scans
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:21:59 -0500
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studies in blue
quite lovely places
and compostions

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George Lottermoser
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On Mar 10, 2009, at 7:21 PM, Jan Decher wrote:

> This adapter is quite intriguing.  I  like the general design &  
> size of the
> G1 but am somewhat wary of the EVF.  OTOH my current digital option  
> (Canon
> G10) has a very dinky optical VF, no flexible LCD and of course  
> can't take
> Leica lenses.  All my current M lenses would turn into  
> telephotos... Even
> the ZM Biogon 21mm would just turn into a 42mm... So the WA would  
> be the G1
> lens that you have to buy with the body.
>
> How does the G1 image quality compare to the G10?
>
> Perhaps Panasonic will eventually provide its own M adapter given  
> their
> affiliation with Leica  somehow utilizing the M8 codes...?
>
> To get from gear talk to photography, I have recently added some  
> M6 / Fuji
> Sensia scans from a recent trip to Montreal to the LUG gallery.   
> All were
> scanned in the cardboard mounts the slides came in from the Fuji  
> lab in KS.
>  Film was slightly underexposed, which I tried to correct in PSE.  
> All were
> taken with the Zeiss ZM 2.8/35mm C-Biogon.
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/bigon07/Montreal/
>
> Here is one from the same roll taken with an old 4/135mm Elmar her in
> Burlington:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/bigon07/BWF/ 
> 16Jan09_Elmar135_lighthouse_LR.jpg.html
>
> Comments welcome.
> Jan
>
> ======================
> From: jhnichols at lighttube.net
> ...So far as I know, the adapter would be Leica M (bayonet) mount  
> to G1. You
> should be able to use any LTM lens with its normal Leica adapter  
> that fits
> an M camera.  However, take note that there is a factor of two  
> involved in
> the angle of view.  A 90mm LTM would give you the view of an 180mm  
> lens on
> the G1. See this link: http://cameraquest.com/adp_micro_43.htm
> Jim Nichols
>
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In reply to: Message from wanderjan at gmail.com (Jan Decher) ([Leica] Panasonic G1 with Leica Glass / M6 scans)