Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, what if the target was moving pictures, not stills? Using Live view Most of the buzz around 4/3 today is about video capabilities. Then, to me 0.95 manual makes more sense than just photography Of course opinions may vary Ph Le 26 ao?t 10 ? 07:18, Nathan Wajsman a ?crit : > > Firstly, I find it curious that CV would "announce" a new lens on a > "Rumors" site. > > But assuming it is true, I am quite sceptical about the utility of > this lens. The point of using it is to shoot at f0.95, obviously. > And given my experience focusing the 90mm Elmarit on the GF-1, I > think that the % of usable images would be below 10%. > > As others have said, most cameras work best as a system with the > lenses designed for it, and my conclusion is that despite the > automatic magnification feature of the GF-1 when focusing manually > etc., the GF-1 works best with MFT autofocus lenses. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > On 26 Aug, 2010, at 2:56 , Ric Carter wrote: > >> that's the reason for the question >> >> i've heard complaints about manual focusing on cameras with >> electronic viewfinders >> >> ric >> >> >> On Aug 25, 2010, at 8:51 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote: >> >>> It's manual focus. >>> >>> >>> On Aug 25, 2010, at 7:45 PM, Ric Carter wrote: >>> >>>> i love the concept of this new lens from cv, but is it possible >>>> to focus the thing? >>>> >>>> i have no experience, so not a rhetorical question >>>> >>>> ric >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > 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 > Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >