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Subject: [Leica] The Fuji M-Adapter
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 20:25:24 -0400
References: <519C0A9F.6090906@jayburleson.com>

Thank you.  That confirms what I had feared.  The Fuji bodies are not for
me.  At all.  I'll wait until the Leica M240 is perfected.

Tina


On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 8:00 PM, Jay Burleson <leica at jayburleson.com> 
wrote:

> I was pleasantly surprised today after detailed testing of my M lenses on
> the X-E1.
> I also have a few flower shots to be posted later.
> The adapter allows you to make in-camera adjustments for distortion,
> peripheral illumination and color shading, as detailed here:
> http://www.fujifilmusa.com/**products/digital_cameras/**
> accessories/lens/mount/**fujifilm_m_mount_adapter/<http://www.fujifilmusa.com/products/digital_cameras/accessories/lens/mount/fujifilm_m_mount_adapter/>
>
> None of my current lenses (list below) show any appreciable need for
> correction in the camera.
>
> I can say, in my case, that using M lenses on the Fuji bodies is great, as
> long as your subject is not moving.
> Landscape, controlled portraiture, and zone focused street work is doable.
> Otherwise it is it difficult, mainly because with the 3x and 10x magnifier
> makes the image dance considerably whilst handholding the camera.
> I expect young and proper working eyes might be able to focus with the
> non-magnified view, but alas, those days are gone for me...
> Maybe it'll get better; a rangefinder it is not.
> It is nice to have a 135 mm equivalent reach, and the system will suffice
> for the occasional color shot that I come across.
> I do plan on adding a Fuji 23 mm (for a 35 mm angle of view) lens when it
> is released.
>
> Lenses tested:
> Elmarit-M 1:2.8/21mm ASPH.
> Summicron-M 1:2/ 35 mm ASPH.
> Elmar-M 1:2.8/ 50 mm
> APO-Summicron-M 1:2/75 mm ASPH.
> APO-Summicron-M 1:2/90 mm ASPH.
>
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>
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Tina Manley, ASMP
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