Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/10

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Subject: [Leica] Leica Monochrome
From: wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (Doug Herr)
Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 18:07:14 -0700 (GMT-07:00)

Wayne Serrano wrote:

>
>So much for all the Leica R lens owners who would have rather liked to see 
>a Leica full frame DSLR to make use of existing R lenses...
>

All three of us are getting a little impatient... but the item that caught 
my attention was the Hasselblad H lens to Leica S adapter.  It's a 'smart' 
adapter that allows the S body to control the aperture, focus and shutter of 
the H lens.  AF, auto-aperture and central shutter of the H lens on an S 
body.  The S2's focal plane shutter can also be used, a first for the H 
lenses, or an S2 can be a backup for an H system.

Not that I'll ever use either H or S, more that it represents Leica's 
thinking.  Leica is thinking of photographers' needs, not trying to trap 
them in a closed system.  For a number of years I've advocated / dreamed of 
smart adapters exactly like this that would allow full function of a variety 
of makers' lenses on a thin EVIL-like body.  Photokina could be quite 
interesting.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com