Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Boy, are you a bad influence! I had missed that post. B&H has it for $385 now with free shipping..... <sigh> --Bob ==On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 9:40 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: > I am also considering getting that lens - the auto focus will work, > only it would not have image stabilization, which is fine by me. It > would also make a nice two lens kit for the GF1: > > http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2011/12/lens-of-the-year-2011.html > > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 9:01 AM, Robert Baron <robertbaron1 at gmail.com> > wrote: >> Thanks, Jayanand. ?You confirm what I suspected. ?I have the GF1 and >> the EVF and am quite happy with the Panasonic 20mm 1.7 lens on it, but >> I suspected that focusing on a moving object with M lenses would be >> nigh impossible. >> >> >From time to time I consider adding the Olympus M. Zuiko Digital ED >> 45mm f/1.8 Lens but I don't know how quickly it would achieve auto >> focus on the Panny GF1 body so I haven't yet made that move. >> >> Aside, of course, from my No New Gear New Year's Resolution....which >> has remained intact almost two weeks so far! >> >> --Bob >> >> ==On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 9:15 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj >> <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: >>> Bob, >>> Very, very difficult. When I got a GF1, Howard Cummer sent me an >>> adapter. Manual focus wide open with Leica M lenses was pretty much a >>> hit and miss affair, the EVF was nowhere like good enough. Stopped >>> down, the Panny 20mm f1.7 was excellent, so that is what I use, and my >>> Leica M lenses still languish in a dry box! I wish Leica would bring >>> out an M10 with auto focus and VR...I would buy it like a shot, with >>> new lenses as well. Till then I will use these mirror less bodies with >>> the native lenses (the new Fuji looks really exciting), or maybe a >>> Nikon V1 with an FT1 adapter - which maintains auto focus, auto >>> exposure and VR, and from all accounts works very well. >>> >>> Cheers >>> Jayanand >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 11:38 PM, Robert Baron <robertbaron1 at >>> gmail.com> wrote: >>>> ==On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 10:05 PM, Phil Swango <pswango at att.net> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I just received the Leica M>MFT adapter I ordered for my new Oly E-PL1. >>>>> ?The brand name was rainbowimaging and they have adapters for a whole >>>>> range >>>>> of other lens brands. ?Prices are really good IMO and the quality of >>>>> the >>>>> item I received was excellent. ?I paid $20 plus $5 s/h for mine. ?Found >>>>> through Amazon. >>>>> >>>>> Link: >>>>> ?http://www.rainbowimaging.biz/shop/category.php?id_category=3&p=2 >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> If there has been a discussion thread about this I missed it; time >>>> issues have kept my attention span short lately. >>>> >>>> If I were to get one of these to use my M lenses on my my Pansonic >>>> GF-1, how on earth would I quickly and accurately focus them, >>>> particularly the 50mm and 75mm? ?Can one use zone/hyperfocal >>>> techniques? >>>> >>>> --Bob >>>>