[Leica] ADVENTURES WITH THE G1 "LEICA" -PROBLEM SOLVING

[rmcclure2 at woh.rr.com (rob mcclure)]

Thanks for info Victor.  I took liberty of sharing this info with the  
Canon FD Yahoo group which is also salivating over the use of their FD  
lenses with the G1.

Rob
On Mar 22, 2009, at 11:28 PM, Victor Rubin wrote:

> Hi All: Continuing with my shooting experiments with the G1 using  
> all my M6
> lenses, I came accross a problem which troubled me and then I seem  
> to have
> solved. So for any others using the G1- with an "M" adapter, please  
> note:
> The G1 has a very nice hand grip which contains the shutter release  
> in the
> same position as most DSLRs. Slightly above where the hand goes and  
> below
> the shutter release is a small horizontal adjustment dial. What I  
> found was,
> if one was not careful, while using the camera in aperture priority  
> mode-
> (which ostensibly you must do when using an adapter- because the  
> lenses not
> made for the camera do not mate with the automatic aperture  
> contacts), one
> would touch the wheel which was permanently connected to the  exposure
> compensation. Therefore without realizing it, it was almost  
> impossible to
> avoid changing your exposure without meaning to, unless you kept  
> your eye on
> the scale and corrected the inadvertant change. Considering that I  
> am now
> focusing the camera and watching my aperture, this additional item was
> bothering me. This only takes place in the aperture priority mode  
> ("A")
> because in all other modes, the little wheel is toggled, and takes a  
> second
> push of a button to engage exposure compensation. I noticed today,  
> however,
> that contrary to what would normally be expected, once the lens is  
> attached
> with the adapter, the digicam will operate exactly the same way with  
> the
> mode dial set to "P" (program mode) and the toggle then applies and  
> the
> problem is solved. I am enjoying the results of my imaging, some of  
> which I
> enclose with lens data. Bests: VRR
>
> http://v-images.smugmug.com/gallery/7556755_Lh3WE#496876511_ZAKaL-L-LB
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> http://v-images.smugmug.com/gallery/7556755_Lh3WE#496874558_N9NF6-L-LB
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> http://v-images.smugmug.com/gallery/7556755_Lh3WE#496878510_Ubjz6-L-LB
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> http://v-images.smugmug.com/gallery/7556755_Lh3WE#496873656_VUyHw-L-LB
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> http://v-images.smugmug.com/gallery/7556755_Lh3WE#496890911_SLFAV-L-LB
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