Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Le 26 ao?t 10 ? 10:34, Daniel Ridings a ?crit : > > As you can read, they are adamantly denying all rumours: > Sure? http://www.cosina.co.jp/v.html ph > http://www.cosina.co.jp/seihin/voigt/v-lens/micro-ft/index.html > > Probably just as well. I have only looked fleetingly through the > viewfinder with manual focus, but it didn't take me long to realize > that I am too old to focus that way. > > Daniel > > > On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 7:18 AM, Nathan Wajsman > <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: >> 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >