Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]While there is no question modern Leica glass is unparalleled, I'd say, having used the Leica glass on film, the lenses for the Fuji Xpro1 are damn good. Keep in mind that Fuji made the Xpan, made at least one other Hassie, and I seem to remember a number of Luggers raving about the 'Texas Leicas' Fuji produced. The Xpro1 is a quirky little beast, but I think the biggest the biggest complaint one reads - that the autofocus is too slow, comes from people who have never shot with a manual focus camera, much less a rangefinder, and judge everything by the likes of a Nikon D4. If you're used to an M9, an M3, or, for that matter, a IIIF, you'll think the autofocus is more than fast and accurate enough. Typed with big fingers on tiny keys -----Original Message----- From: David Keenan <ausdlk at gmail.com> Sender: lug-bounces+bd=bdcolenphoto.com at leica-users.org Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 15:16:40 To: <lug at leica-users.org> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica M lenses on the Fuji X-Pro 1 Rod -- Give up the idea of using M lenses on this camera and buy it only for the merits of the AF Fuji lenses. If you don't see these merits and you insist on manual focusing (even with the Fuji adapter), I can almost guarantee disappointment and/or lots of out-of-focus pictures. . Dave. -- See my 2012 Picture A Week (PAW) Gallery <http://www.dlkphotography.com/paw>originally begun in 2007. Please join my photography mailing list<http://dlkphotography.us2.list-manage2.com/subscribe?u=3d9dfbb5b18c4817532a37b90&id=4dd441d8fe> . Become a collector. Purchase selected prints here <http://bit.ly/JHfpMb>. _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information