Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Nov 25, 2007, at 12:06 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > Hi Steve, > > I was somewhat tempted by the 25mm, but in the end decided to get > the 30mm Sigma 1.4, and I have been very pleased with it. It is the > best aftermarket lens I have ever owned. > > As for R-Oly adapters, there is some guy on the Olympus mailing list > who is sourcing some focus confirmation chips from Russia and > sticking them onto adapters (although I think these are OM-lenses to > E adapters), but to be honest, it sounds a bit dodgy. I use my 100mm > Apo Macro on the E410 without too many missed shots (there are two > handheld macro shots in my my most recent PAW, shot with this lens > on the Olympus). Of course, it helps that I tend to shoot at the > wide apertures, but on the other hand I think that the viewfinder on > your E3 is better than the one on my E410. So I would just focus > (pun intended) on getting a quality adapter, and forget about focus > confirmation. amazingly on the E3 there appears to be a focus aid for manual focus confirmation built in....p52 of the E3 manual... promising for Leica R glass users.... I will try this in the next couple days...and let you know... The E3 is sweet... !! Steve > > > Cheers, > Nathan > > On 25-nov-2007, at 19:48, Steve Barbour wrote: > >> Is anyone using the Leica D Summilux 25mm f1.4 for the 4/3 system ? >> >> I'd like to hear about your experience/impression re this lens... >> >> Oh, btw... is there a Leica R to Olympus adapter ring with focus >> confirmation yet ? >> >> >> thanks, Steve >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > Nathan Wajsman > nathan@nathanfoto.com > General photography: > http://www.nathanfoto.com > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.frozenlight.eu > Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information