Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/09/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]the bike sculpture is captivating ric > On Sep 13, 2020, at 1:56 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> > wrote: > > I don?t buy much new equipment these days; by and large, I have what I > need. But occasionally, something really compelling comes along. I > recently saw an ad for a Fotodiox adapter to mount Leica lenses on Fuji X > cameras, and I bought one. It arrived on Friday, and yesterday I tried it > with the 90mm Elmarit on my Fuji X-T2. Basically, it looks like a thicker > version of a regular lens adapter, and it is slightly bigger at the > bottom, but not overly large. You mount the lens, roughly focus the lens > (to, say, 5 meters for regular street photography, 1 meter for close-ups > and infinity for subjects far away but necessarily infinity). According to > the manual, this pre-focusing is only needed on telephoto lenses. But my > interest is precisely to use the magnificent 90mm on my Fuji. So I tested > the combination as I always do?I took some pictures. > > Monica, at close distance and at f2.8: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-KNMF5P7/A > > Decoration on the wall of my home office, also at f2.8: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-Z384c76/A > > A small boat arriving in our harbour: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-PtZLg8z/A > > I am pretty pleased with this device. The AF is not as fast as a native > Fuji lens, but it is serviceable, and the success rate is much higher than > when I focus these lenses manually on the Fuji. > > The adapter is here: > https://fotodioxpro.com/collections/lens-mount-adapters/products/lm-fxrf-prn > > Cheers, > Nathan > > > Nathan Wajsman > > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator > <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > > YNWA > > "I?m not arguing, I?m just explaining why I?m right" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information