Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am also considering getting that lens - the auto focus will work, only it would not have image stabilization, which is fine by me. It would also make a nice two lens kit for the GF1: http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2011/12/lens-of-the-year-2011.html Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 9:01 AM, Robert Baron <robertbaron1 at gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks, Jayanand. ?You confirm what I suspected. ?I have the GF1 and > the EVF and am quite happy with the Panasonic 20mm 1.7 lens on it, but > I suspected that focusing on a moving object with M lenses would be > nigh impossible. > > >From time to time I consider adding the Olympus M. Zuiko Digital ED > 45mm f/1.8 Lens but I don't know how quickly it would achieve auto > focus on the Panny GF1 body so I haven't yet made that move. > > Aside, of course, from my No New Gear New Year's Resolution....which > has remained intact almost two weeks so far! > > --Bob > > ==On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 9:15 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj > <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: >> Bob, >> Very, very difficult. When I got a GF1, Howard Cummer sent me an >> adapter. Manual focus wide open with Leica M lenses was pretty much a >> hit and miss affair, the EVF was nowhere like good enough. Stopped >> down, the Panny 20mm f1.7 was excellent, so that is what I use, and my >> Leica M lenses still languish in a dry box! I wish Leica would bring >> out an M10 with auto focus and VR...I would buy it like a shot, with >> new lenses as well. Till then I will use these mirror less bodies with >> the native lenses (the new Fuji looks really exciting), or maybe a >> Nikon V1 with an FT1 adapter - which maintains auto focus, auto >> exposure and VR, and from all accounts works very well. >> >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 11:38 PM, Robert Baron <robertbaron1 at >> gmail.com> wrote: >>> ==On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 10:05 PM, Phil Swango <pswango at att.net> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I just received the Leica M>MFT adapter I ordered for my new Oly E-PL1. >>>> ?The brand name was rainbowimaging and they have adapters for a whole >>>> range >>>> of other lens brands. ?Prices are really good IMO and the quality of the >>>> item I received was excellent. ?I paid $20 plus $5 s/h for mine. ?Found >>>> through Amazon. >>>> >>>> Link: ?http://www.rainbowimaging.biz/shop/category.php?id_category=3&p=2 >>>> >>>> >>> >>> If there has been a discussion thread about this I missed it; time >>> issues have kept my attention span short lately. >>> >>> If I were to get one of these to use my M lenses on my my Pansonic >>> GF-1, how on earth would I quickly and accurately focus them, >>> particularly the 50mm and 75mm? ?Can one use zone/hyperfocal >>> techniques? >>> >>> --Bob >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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