[Leica] Going digital with M lenses (outside of M8/M9)?

[jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)]

They work well, as Nathan says, on the GF-1, but they are very difficult to
focus properly wide open on the EVF. If you have to stop down, why use Leica
lenses in the first place? I think the quality of the viewfinder is
critical, so check that out. Alternatively use ultra wides where focusing is
a non issue.
Cheers
Jayanand

On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 9:58 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at 
frozenlight.eu>wrote:

> Hi Jan,
>
> I find that using M lenses on my GF-1 works quite well. I use the adapter
> from Cameraquest. In fact, I just bought the 12mm non-rangefinder coupled 
> CV
> lens, and it works brilliantly on the GF-1. And of course the fact that it
> is not rangefinder-coupled is of no consequence in this case.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
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> On Jun 26, 2011, at 6:13 PM, Jan Decher wrote:
>
> > Hi Folks,
> > What's currently  the best way to take my M and ZM lenses to  digital
> > (outside of M8/M9)?
> >
> > I considering buying a Micro 4/3rds body (Olympus, Panasonic) perhaps
> with
> > one indigenous "pancake-type" lens  and the M adapter.  Any issues with
> > metering, manual focussing etc. to be aware of?
> >
> > Which adapter is the best (Novoflex, CameraQuest, EBAY China-made...)?
> > Thanks,
> > Jan
> >
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