Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/02

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Subject: [Leica] Re: focusing the 100mm on the Olympus E410
From: leowesson at gmail.com (leo wesson)
Date: Thu Aug 2 09:13:37 2007
References: <1d39a67c20d0c50b6f9fcaf86c13f8ff@compwrx.com> <3E970FB8-CD53-458A-8788-BC7EC3B9EDAC@nathanfoto.com>

so nathan,

any regrets about not hanging with your m's and holding out for an 8?

leo

On 8/2/07, Nathan Wajsman <nathan@nathanfoto.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Aram,
>
> For me it is not difficult to focus a 100mm lens on the E410. It
> makes things easier that I usually shoot at wide apertures, f5.6 or
> wider. In general, I do not find long lenses to be a big problem. The
> wide angles are another matter. When focusing a 21mm lens manually,
> the rangefinder reigns supreme.
>
> Nathan
>
> On 2-aug-2007, at 16:48, Aram Langhans#2 wrote:
>
> > Exactly what I wanted to know, Nathan.  Thank you very much.  That
> > is exactly what the Canon does not do.
> >
> > How easy is it to focus the camera manually with those lenses?  I
> > don't think there is a focus confirmation adapter for teh 4/3
> > system (yet).
> >
> > Aram
> >
> >
> >
> >> Message: 3
> >> Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:43:36 +0200
> >> From: Nathan Wajsman <nathan@nathanfoto.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] OK. How about exposure issues with a 4/3 camera
> >>      and R   lenses?
> >> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> >> Message-ID: <C8986AF1-A357-47D3-A665-CB0DCE38BD42@nathanfoto.com>
> >> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset=US-ASCII;
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> >>
> >> Hi Aram,
> >>
> >> I just put the 100mm Apo Macro on my E410, set the camera on the
> >> table, focused the lens at infinity and pointed it a uniformly white
> >> wall. Indicated exposure was 1/500 at f2.8. As I closed down the lens
> >> to f4, f5.6, ... , f22, the indicated shutter speed doubled with each
> >> f-stop, as expected, ending at 1/6 at f22. Is this what you wanted to
> >> know?
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Nathan
> >>
> >
> >
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Leo Wesson
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Replies: Reply from nathan at nathanfoto.com (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] Re: focusing the 100mm on the Olympus E410)
In reply to: Message from dnaplasmid at compwrx.com (Aram Langhans#2) ([Leica] Re: LUG Digest, Vol 35, Issue 280)
Message from nathan at nathanfoto.com (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] Re: focusing the 100mm on the Olympus E410)