Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You are right Kyle, and my indended use would probably be along the lines you mention in the second paragraph ;-) However, I must also say that some of my favourite musician pics that I have taken in the past couple of years were with the 75mm Summarit (on the M8). Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog On Mar 1, 2010, at 7:41 PM, Kyle Cassidy wrote: > Aparantly people have been modifying these to fit M mounts for a while, > I've seen a couple in the $800 range. > > I'm thinking a 100 f 0.95 sounds tailor made for people who photograph > musicians on dimly lit stages. > > (photographing other luggers in a bar with this on a micro 4:3, you'd have > to lean back in your chair, which might mean you'd fall backwards, which > might mean you'd kick the table on your way down, which would likely mean > that you would knock over the Leicastack and probably spill a lot of > Glenlivet, which would probably mean you'd get your posterior kicked, so I > can't recommend it). > >> Pretty good for the price but a 50mm on M4/3 is 100mm. It turns into a >> tele instead of a standard lens. Hope they will make the other mounts >> soon. I would love to own one myself. > >> Do you guys think they will make a m mount version? > >> -Anthony > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >