Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/08/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sent from my iPhone Steve Barbour On Aug 5, 2013, at 3:58 AM, FRANK DERNIE <frank.dernie at btinternet.com> wrote: I Googled metabones. Selected what I wanted from their site and ordered direct. FD any new software needed Frank? s > ________________________________ > From: David Ching <davidhhching at yahoo.com.sg> > To: Frank Dernie <frank.dernie at btinternet.com> > Cc: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Monday, 5 August 2013, 9:48 > Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica R to Fuji X adapter?.. > > > Dear Frank, > > Thanks for the speedy reply. > > Sounds very promising. How do I get the Metabones adapter? Bought the > basic one and now using Fuji's own. The latest one by Brian is rather > pricey right? > > > Cheers, > > David Ching > > H.P. Tel. no.: +84 904684321 (Vietnam) > : +65 92321098 (Singapore) > > On 5 Aug, 2013, at 12:18 PM, Frank Dernie <frank.dernie at btinternet.com> > wrote: > >> I tried my R lenses on Canon (EOS 1Ds mk2 and 5D) before buying my DMR. I >> bought the optional Canon screen with split image and microprism focusing >> aids, which seemed to work fairly well, but the 19mm clashes with the >> mirror, perhaps others too. I found that the Canon 500mm f4 was the best >> tele lens I had used and stopped using the R adapters. >> The metabones speed booster adapter makes a cropped sensor have the same >> angle of view as 24x36, so the 21mm covers the same view on the X Pro-1 >> as it did with film. The optics in the adapter were designed by Brian >> Caldwell so are probably as good as it gets for the price. >> FD >> >> On 5 Aug, 2013, at 03:09, David Ching <davidhhching at yahoo.com.sg> >> wrote: >> >>> The Fuji has an even higher crop factor than the DMR. Doesn't this >>> bother you too? >>> >>> I am planning to use my Leica R21-35 on my Canon 6D. But seems like the >>> moving rear lens group protrudes rather too deeply. Some users advise >>> that removing the lens shroud helps but I am not convinced. Thought of >>> using it on my Fuji X Pro 1 but the same worries too. Has anyone done >>> this successfully? >>> >>> Otherwise the 6D gives me full frame unlike the Fuji. My 80-200/4 works >>> beautifully on the 6D. So does my Cron 50, R Lux 50 and 80 as well as >>> the R35-70/4. My R180/3.4 isn't as sharp as R180/2.8 and R180/4 even at >>> infinity. Wonder why? The R15/3.5 protrudes deeply too. Haven't tested >>> my R shift lens PA Curtagon 35mm. >>> >>> Anyone have had experience using these R lenses on the Fuji X Pro 1 and >>> also happy to share his experience? >>> >>> And like you Frank, I have about given up on the M too. Seems like Fuji >>> is the main beneficiary on this list. It's not that Luggers are >>> abandoning Leica, just that a few are preparing for the M. Yes? >>> >>> David Ching > > _______________________________________________ > 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