[Leica] Micro 4/3rds and using M lenses

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Len, Larry
There has been some chatter and examples over at rangefinder forum.  
The adaptor for M lens to Micro 4/3rd is going to be available in  
Japan on Dec 22 for Y 19,000 (US$204). Stephen Gandy will have it for  
US$175 shortly after that.  I have asked my son in Tokyo to pick one  
up for me and then I am going to play with the G1 at the Panasonic   
showroom in Hong Kong  and try to make up my mind whether or not I  
should buy one. The idea of accurate framing and magnified focusing is  
appealing but the Electronic Viewfinder puts me off.

Please see this discussion with examples:

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fphotofan.jp%2Fcamera%2Fhtml%2Fmodules%2Fnewbb%2Fviewtopic.php%3Ftopic_id%3D5605%26forum%3D2%26post_id%3D50572%23forumpost50572

http://tinyurl.com/648b6a

and also see for pictures taken with a home made adaptor:

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

At about US$890 in HK including the kit lens if the G1 works at all  
well with M lenses it might be a useful, inexpensive backup for an M8.  
The EVF is the big question mark. Maybe this time I won't be the early  
adopter that I usually am.
Cheers
Howard

On 7 Dec 2008, at 7:21 AM, lug-request@leica-users.org wrote:

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> Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2008 18:13:00 -0500
> From: Leonard Taupier <len-001@verizon.net>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Micro 4/3
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> Larry,
>
> The Panasonic DMC-G1 micro 4/3rds is available for $800. Both
> Cameraquest and Novoflex should have adapters to use M lenses by
> Christmas.  Since the micro 4/3 bodies have very short flange to
> sensor distances focusing to infinity should be no problem.
>
> Len
>
>