Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/25

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Subject: [Leica] a Leica D lens 4/3 question
From: kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour)
Date: Sun Nov 25 11:20:25 2007
References: <D5B9AF73-92D5-4D0D-B1BA-B87E1558786D@cox.net> <4A95448E-FEFA-4096-A74B-EDBB9681AF41@nathanfoto.com>

On Nov 25, 2007, at 12:06 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:

> Hi Steve,
>
> I was somewhat tempted by the 25mm, but in the end decided to get  
> the 30mm Sigma 1.4, and I have been very pleased with it. It is the  
> best aftermarket lens I have ever owned.
>
> As for R-Oly adapters, there is some guy on the Olympus mailing list  
> who is sourcing some focus confirmation chips from Russia and  
> sticking them onto adapters (although I think these are OM-lenses to  
> E adapters), but to be honest, it sounds a bit dodgy. I use my 100mm  
> Apo Macro on the E410 without too many missed shots (there are two  
> handheld macro shots in my my most recent PAW, shot with this lens  
> on the Olympus). Of course, it helps that I tend to shoot at the  
> wide apertures, but on the other hand I think that the viewfinder on  
> your E3 is better than the one on my E410. So I would just focus  
> (pun intended) on getting a quality adapter, and forget about focus  
> confirmation.


amazingly on the E3 there appears to be a focus aid for manual focus  
confirmation built in....p52 of the E3 manual...


promising for Leica R glass users....


I will try this in the next couple days...and let you know...


The E3 is sweet...   !!


Steve
>
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> On 25-nov-2007, at 19:48, Steve Barbour wrote:
>
>> Is anyone using the Leica D Summilux 25mm f1.4 for the 4/3 system ?
>>
>> I'd like to hear about your experience/impression re this lens...
>>
>> Oh,  btw... is there a Leica R to Olympus adapter ring with focus  
>> confirmation yet ?
>>
>>
>> thanks,  Steve
>>
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> Nathan Wajsman
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In reply to: Message from kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] a Leica D lens 4/3 question)
Message from nathan at nathanfoto.com (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] a Leica D lens 4/3 question)