Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/10/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 07:02:09 +1000 From: Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Leica] M8 craps out To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> I will almost certainly get the new M once they are both available and proven to actually do more for me than my M9. If using R lenses was my primary goal, I think I would follow Howard's route which is to adapt those lenses with the Leitax kits and use them on a full frame Nikon. Cheers, Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman Geoff, Thanks for the vote of confidence! As all know, I have been shooting EVF's on my GH2s in India (tigers with Jayanand) and Africa (all sorts of wild life with Henning, Alastair, and Jayanand) and basis those experiences (the EVF on the GH2 and the Olympus attachable EVF have a similar number of dots) I believe the best platform for Leica R lenses is a camera with an old fashioned bright prism with no smearing or delay in viewing the image. Especially since there will be no auto aperture for Leica R lenses using the adapter on the new M. There is no auto aperture on my D800E either but the picture is certainly clear and focus confirmation works in a more or less reasonable way. So, that's the road I have chosen. And so my R lenses continue to sing!! Howard