Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I just saw that announced as well. Anyone contemplating using their R glass on the four thirds sensor may like to look at the Olympus E620 etc against the G1 and GH1 with MFT. Side by side the body sizes are awfully close. You get a more conventional dSLR with a better finder too. However they don't come in pink . 2009/5/24 Richard S. Taylor <r.s.taylor_post at comcast.net> > Panasonic has just announced an R adapter for micro 4/3rds. It would be > interesting to see how the R lenses would do on the G1. The light out of > an > SLR lens would hit the sensor much more straight on. > > Regards, > > Dick > r.s.taylor_post at comcast.net > > > > On May 23, 2009, at 6:00 PM, Sonny Carter wrote: > > I think we're talking apples and oranges here. The G1 is micro-4/3rds. >> >> On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 4:53 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net >> >wrote: >> >> Mark, not to continue the argument, but I have had good results with >>> Leica-R lenses on my Oly 4/3. >>> >>> Jim Nichols >>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>> -- >>> Cheers >>> Geoff >>> 'Life's not B&W, except at both ends' >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ >>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman >>> >>