Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/24

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Subject: [Leica] Fuji X to Leica M adapter
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 17:39:31 -0400

There is a thing called zone focusing.

- - from my iRabs.
Mark Rabiner
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/


> From: John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 21:30:04 +0000
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Fuji X to Leica M adapter
> 
> OK, so an M9 has a manual rangefinder - with this adaptor would you have to
> focus on the rear LCD display? It had been hoped that the number of 
> electrical
> contacts would do something cleverer :-( Not just a case of Fuji being good
> enough, it is having a range of M fit lenses already and +60mm or -18mm in
> focal length.
> 
> john
> ________________________________________
> 
> On May 24, 2012, at 1:56 PM, David Keenan wrote:
> 
>> I must be dense because I really see significant point to this adapter --
>> if Fuji doesn't offer some sort of focus confirmation the use of ANY 
>> manual
>> focus lens on this camera is severely hampered IMHO to be point of being
>> useless.
> 
> the fully auto Fuji lenses available for the X Pro 1 are so good, I don't 
> see
> the need for manual leica lenses here, but for a different reason...
> 
> as for focus confirmation, you don't have it, among many,  on the M 9
> 
> 
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