Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, It looks like an amazing lens, the pictures you showed are all with the GF-1?, but for the M8 you will need an external 16mm viewfinder... Saludos and ENJOY IT! Lluis El 17/06/2011, a las 11:26, Nathan Wajsman escribi?: > On a bit of whim, I picked up a second-hand 12mm Cosina/Voigntlander > lens for my M8. This is the first version, which is not rangefinder- > coupled. So to use it on an M8 or any other M (or screw mount > Leica), you focus by estimating the distance. Given the depth of > field involved, this is not hard to do. > > But I played with the lens on my GF-1. Of course, when mounted on a > MFT camera, this lens does focus in the normal way, and as this > image shows, it is eminently possible to achieve critical focus: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_netUM#1341218512_tp6DQ8J-O-LB > > But really, that is not what this lens is for. It is a lens you set > on 2 meters and do happy snaps, for example like this image at the > vet: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_netUM#1341218556_QFSh5K4-O-LB > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > YNWA > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information