Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/06

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Micro 4/3
From: robert.jagitsch at gmail.com (Robert Jagitsch)
Date: Sat Dec 6 15:47:30 2008

Here is a thread with photos shot with a Pana G1 (?4/3 mount) using
M-mount lenses including a Canon 50/0.95:

http://forum.getdpi.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4194


> On Dec 6, 2008, at 5:51 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote:
>
>> When the micro 4/3 system was proposed by Olympus and Panasonic,
>> one of the features was a 20 mm flange to sensor distance. The
>> introductory material suggested that adapters could be used to
>> mount Leica lenses, although without automatic focus and reduced
>> auto exposure options. I have been using Olympus analog SLR lenses
>> this way on my Olympus E-volt 500 for about a year with good
>> results. Does anyone have any information about the progress of the
>> micro 4/3 cameras? I have plenty of Leica lenses but can't afford a
>> new M8.