Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for comments Geoff. Scott On 2013-05-12, at 6:39 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote: > Coming from a different aspect, I have only tried the camera in a store and > I have a Leica to use my M lenses on of course. By all accounts the > Fujifilm primes work very well (more are coming plus the new Zeiss branded > ones) and the new zoom is meant to be much better than the cheap kit > zooms.* > *I think a better path might be to decide which of the Fuji X's suits you > best and just use their AF lenses rather than try to make it an M body > substitute. > The XPro 1 is hardly smaller if at all than an M but you get the clever > finder, you get smaller minus that OVF in the XE-1 of course. I thought the > EVF was good (comparing with OM D). The petite X100S is an appealing option > if you're dedicated enough to use the fixed 35 equivalent. > > > *Fun tickets in my pocket, visions in my brain* -- Jimmy Buffett > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > On 13 May 2013 08:25, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> On May 12, 2013, at 3:21 PM, Scott Gregory <scottgregory at mac.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Howard or for that matter anyone else using the Fuji X-E1 with Leica >> lenses on the Fuji M mount adapter.... I am considering but wonder how the >> focus is working out with Leica lenses. I looked at a camera yesterday and >> held it with the 18-55 Fuji but the electronic viewfinder seems difficult. >> Am I missing something here! >>> The dealer did not have an m mount adapter so could not try it out that >> way. >> >> >> get the M mount adapter, use magnification, it's a snap, wonderful correct >> easy focus, >> >> >> Steve >> >> >>> Any information or comments on your own ways of using this camera would >> be very appreciated. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> Scott >>> >>> >>> On 2013-05-09, at 6:24 PM, H&E Cummer <cummer at netvigator.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Luggers, >>>> We are back on Pender opening our cabin for the summer. >>>> We went for lunch to Port Browning today which I have already described >> to you as the most comfortable Eagle Blind in the world where you can have >> a beer and photograph eagles. >>>> One of the regular birds did not disappoint: >>>> >>>> < >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada2013/Eagle-Port-Browning-May-13w.jpg.html >>> >>>> >>>> http://tinyurl.com/cwmhob9 >>>> >>>> Shot with the 90 Elmarit on the XE 1 via Fuji adapter and cropped to >> about 1/4 in photoshop. >>>> >>>> Last night we rode the Queen of Nanaimo to Pender and the BC ferry the >> Spirit of Vancouver Island passed us on the way to the mainland with >>>> Mount Baker in the dusky background. The 70 - 200 VR II zoom on the >> D800E cropped to make a pano. >>>> >>>> < >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada2013/MtBakerSpiritVanIsw.jpg.html >>> >>>> >>>> http://tinyurl.com/c8yvwte >>>> >>>> Please look large, >>>> C&C always welcome. >>>> Cheers >>>> Howard >>>> (on pender where the weather is positively mediterranean today) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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