Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Several of the PAWs I have posted this year have involved Leica (or Cosina/Voigtlander M) glass on a GF-1 body. 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 On Jun 27, 2011, at 6:22 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > The issue is not ease of focusing or stop down shooting but putting an > exquisite and pricey and manual Leica lens designed to cover a 24x36mm area > on a camera which has a 18x13.5mm format with a diagonal of 22.5mm and is > otherwise a pile of compact electronics. > That does not excite me nor appeal to my common sense. > Should such a camera have at least a 1.5 crop , 1.33 crop or 1x crop and > have no or minor issues as to seamless use I'd be paying more attention to > that. > > However this is partly becuae I'm not aware of anybody using such a set up > getting some real results that I can remember seeing. > People talk about their cameras. They don't talk about their pictures. > If someone has a gallery perhaps on the LUG please direct me to it and I'm > sure seeing a body of work done with such an arrangement would get me to > modify my thinking and change my tune. Especially if its an impressive > showing. > I'm talking about a folder with 4/3s pix in it taken with Leica glass on a > GAF-1 body. Or similar 4/3's option which I seem to be dimly aware of. > Perhaps some semi serious application. > > > Mark William Rabiner > > > >> From: Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 09:16:08 +0530 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Going digital with M lenses (outside of M8/M9)? >> >> Mark, >> As usual, you do not understand context. Well, let me explain. It makes it >> irrelevant to go to a lot of trouble to use Leica M lenses on the camera >> bodies under discussion, when using Lumix and/or Olympus lenses is far >> more >> efficient and simple, unless you want to shoot wide open or thereabouts, >> which is Leica's strength over the others. >> >> Have you tried focusing a 90mm Elamrit M lens on a GF-1 body? Not >> surprisingly, I thought you had not. Let me tell you it is no picnic, and >> I >> would probably just go out and buy a Panasonic 100-300 or something if I >> wanted that range. >> >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> >> wrote: >> >>> The idea that stopping down makes it irrelevant to use Leica lenes is >>> patently absurd. What if you wanted to get something in focus? You need >>> to >>> stop down for most shots. The extremely selective focus thing can only >>> get >>> you so far. >>> >>> >>> Mark William Rabiner >>> >>> >>> >>>> From: Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> >>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>>> Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 07:43:23 +0530 >>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Going digital with M lenses (outside of M8/M9)? >>>> >>>> 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 >>>>> 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 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> 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 >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> 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 >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >