Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/03/26

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Subject: [Leica] Focus Peaking on the Fuji XT1 with met Metabones adapter
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 08:20:09 -0500
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Hi Howard,

The possibilities just keep expanding!  The second image is very impressive.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 3/26/2015 3:12 AM, H&ECummer wrote:
> HI Luggers,
> At Shogun Camera, Lock Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, owner Denny Cheung sold me a 
> Nikon F to Fuji X Metabones adapter.
> This will let me use my few remaining Leica R lenses already re-bayoneted 
> to Nikon F mounts on my Fuji X cameras.
> I tried a 50mm Nikkor f1.4 on the adapter with the XT 1. I switched the 
> focus mode to manual and, imagine my surprised delight,
> when I held the camera up to focus and lifted my finger off the shutter 
> button - focus peaking was engaged - and it
> made achieving sharp focus a snap!!
>
> Here?s Denny, perfectly in focus, and in B&W as processed in CS6
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/HK2015/DennyCheungShogun.jpg.html>
>
> And here?s Denny?s young assistant - the photo processed the same way.
>
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/HK2015/VictorShogun.jpg.html>
>
> Please look large - C&C always welcome.
>
> Howard
>
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