Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]David Keenan <ausdlk at gmail.com> wrote: > I just don't understand the insistence of so many to force their M lenses > onto the XP1... Or any other manual focus len(es) for that matter. > > No matter what adapter one uses (the Shogun adapter that Howard describes > or Fuji's own) this is all a complete exercise in futility -- or vanity. > > The Fuji lenses are excellent by most accounts and very reasonably priced. > > What other reason can there be other then vanity? > <snip>... > My XP1 will never see an adapter -- and my M lenses will stay where they > belong, and excel, on my M9. Have you not considered the possibility that not everyone can afford a digital Leica M, but maybe has some lenses still kicking around from their film days and would like to make use of them again? Or the fact that there are only three lenses currently for the Fuji and not many more than that for the Sony NEX? All cameras systems have there compromises, but most here would agree that Leica M lenses produce the best results in many situations, so why not try to use them on other systems?