Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Le 18 avr. 12 ? 20:35, George Lottermoser a ?crit : > > On Apr 18, 2012, at 1:25 PM, Phil Swango wrote: > >> My thoughts too, George. I have a nice little adapter for my Oly Pen >> EPL-1. It works great but is inconvenient for anything other than >> just >> fooling around. The lens on the Oly is fine for my needs anyway. >> But >> I wouldn't rule out the possibility of using some Leica glass for a >> special >> project now and then. > > Absolutely! > I love "playing" with all the body/lens possibilities; > always have. > Even before digital I hung the 'blad on the linhof for movements, etc. > I have adapters to hang just about anything on the 5D. > I can hang the 5D, R8 and M8 w/visoflex on the Cambo Ultima. > I can put R lenses on the M > and > M lenses on the R > all great fun. > > Yet when serious, frustration free, work needs doing; > it's "system" congruence all the way. > > I'd love to hear from anyone who can weigh in on > the brightness and usability of the 5D III view finder > with manual R glass. > I DK about the Canon thing, but as already stated here my D700 VF is no match to any SLR I've owned ever regarding MF. OTT it is a marvellous type of film if you see what I mean. I fully subscribe to your other remarks George, and have been playing with lenses a lot too, with its ups and downs ;-) Hope you're fine Amiti?s Philippe > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information