Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]No problem with the 18mm or 35mm - I find that the 60mm occasionally hunts in low light. I use it quite routinely upto ISO 3200. Cheers Jayanand Sent from my iPad On 13-Jun-2012, at 3:04 AM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at me.com> wrote: > I fairly regularly shoot at 400 or 6400iso and have never ad a problem > with focusing the 60mm or 35mm. I cannot comment on the 18mm as I haven't > used it at those speeds. > > Gerry > > Gerry Walden > +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or > +44 (0)797 287 7932 > www.gwpics.com > > On 12 Jun 2012, at 22:09, Richard Man wrote: > >> BD or any of you X-Pro users - how well do the AF work in low light? e.g. >> one that would require ISO 2500 and F2 1/30, i.e. EV2? >> >> I won't be getting the X-Pro1, but if my eyes continue its trajectory, I >> may have to get an X-Pro-2 or X-Pro-3. >> >> Or may be an E-M7... >> >> I need very clean ISO3200.... >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 1:58 PM, B. D. Colen <bd at bdcolenphoto.com> >> wrote: >> >>> 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 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information