Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/09/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The 135 is a clumsy lens, but I always got nice results from it. During a recent clean out I passed the lens along. I kept my R copy (same formula) though, and found that it plays well on my a7s. Heavy but compact, it balances nicely. Good indeed for boids n Katz. Sent from my iPad > On Sep 21, 2014, at 2:41 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> > wrote: > > Yesterday afternoon it occurred to me to try the 135mm Leica Elmarit with > eyes on the Fuji X-Pro 1. The lens is quite big and the eyes make it look > even bigger. Of course, on the X-Pro 1 the eyes are not in the correct > position relative to the viewfinder, but once you switch to the electronic > viewfinder, then you are seeing through the lens and it?s all good. Much > to my delight, the lens worked quite well. Here are two images, one with > really close focus (about 1 meter), the other a bit further, perhaps 2-3 > meters. Note that the exif data incorrectly shows the focal length as 90mm > because the Fuji thinks I am mounting my 90mm Tele-Elmar on it whenever it > senses that Leica M adapter. > > Close-up of my late mother?s cactus on my terrace: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=3551724481&k=KnMSFgB&lb=1&s=O > > One of the many cats that inhabit the fishing harbour of El Campello: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=3551724599&k=TwbnbP3&lb=1&s=O > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information