Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Beyond your list of lenses, which old M lenses might be in play with the G1? Might the Visoflex lenses -- 200 Telyt or the 65 -- be used? Apparently, there's even an adapter for Canon FD lenses... > Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 15:46:49 -0700 > From: richard.lists at gmail.com > To: lug at leica-users.org > Subject: Re: [Leica] ABSOLUTE DELIGHT > > Let us know whether that 2X FOV factor bothers you or not. Have fun!!! > > > On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Victor Rubin <vroger at gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi All: > > I am so excited I can hardly type this message. I can finally use my > > Leica > > lenses again- and now digitally. I can do it without the expense of the > > M8 > > which as I have said many times is and will remain out of my reach. What > > I > > am speaking about is, of course, the Panasonic G1 and the adapter > > provided > > by Stephen Gandy at Camera Quest. As soon as I saw the adapter was > > available- I realized that I had to get the G1. I traded some analogue > > cameras for it...I won't tell you how little I got for these classics (no > > Leicas involved), but that's the price you pay these days. Anyway, the > > day > > after I got the G1, PMA showed the GH1...typical. I sent for the adapter > > and Stephen Gandy was good enough to overnight it to me on Saturday, so I > > received it today. He is very obliging and the adapter is as advertised, > > in > > other words, utterly spectacular. I yanked out almost all my Leica > > lenses. > > A > > Voigt. Ultron 28 mm 1.9, (56mm equiv. the "normal" lens), a 35 mm Ultron > > 1.7(70mm equiv) my Summicron 50, etc.etc. They all worked and even my > > 0.95 > > Canon (converted for M use) now works with the Panasonic as an 0.95 100mm > > lens. This is wild stuff. All this on a $600.00 body. I slapped on the 28 > > mm > > and ran to a local shop where I imaged the young lady behind the > > counter. I > > have to remember there is no image stabilizer, so I will have to be > > steadier > > in the future- but I enclose the shot the first of many, many I hope with > > this outfit. I cannot recommend it highly enough Bests: vroger > > > > http://v-images.smugmug.com/gallery/7556755_Lh3WE#488291961_2Mugg-L-LB > > > > > -- > // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com > // w: http://www.rfman.com > // b: http://rfman.wordpress.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _________________________________________________________________ Express your personality in color! Preview and select themes for Hotmail?. http://www.windowslive-hotmail.com/LearnMore/personalize.aspx?ocid=TXT_MSGTX_WL_HM_express_032009#colortheme