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Subject: [Leica] Interview re. Leica-Olympus-Panasonic menage
From: mail at gpsy.com (Karen Nakamura)
Date: Sat Feb 12 08:40:24 2005
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At 9:55 AM -0500 05.2.12, Richard S. Taylor wrote:
>I agree.  It sure looks like the mount is standardized, though it 
>doesn't say so explicitly.  A 4/3 Leica would be a rather fat 
>rangefinder camera with a non-M mount.  The system looks optimized 
>for the DSLRs.

The lens registration distance of the fourthirds system (38.67mm) is 
significantly greater  than the M distance (27.80mm).  This 
unfortunately means that you can't modify M/LSM lenses with an 
adapter and use them on a four-thirds body.

But you could easily use Leica R, Nikon F, or practically any 
full-size SLR lens on the little digital bodies. I've been playing 
with the numbers here:

http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/Lens-adapters.html

Although BD never heard me say this, I think the little Olympus' are 
improving with each iteration.  I hope other manufacturers jump on 
the bandwagon soon.

Karen Nakamura
http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/
http://www.photoethnography.com/blog/


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