Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Let us know whether that 2X FOV factor bothers you or not. Have fun!!! On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Victor Rubin <vroger at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All: > I am so excited I can hardly type this message. I can finally use my Leica > lenses again- and now digitally. I can do it without the expense of the M8 > which as I have said many times is and will remain out of my reach. What I > am speaking about is, of course, the Panasonic G1 and the adapter provided > by Stephen Gandy at Camera Quest. As soon as I saw the adapter was > available- I realized that I had to get the G1. I traded some analogue > cameras for it...I won't tell you how little I got for these classics (no > Leicas involved), but that's the price you pay these days. Anyway, the day > after I got the G1, PMA showed the GH1...typical. I sent for the adapter > and Stephen Gandy was good enough to overnight it to me on Saturday, so I > received it today. He is very obliging and the adapter is as advertised, in > other words, utterly spectacular. I yanked out almost all my Leica lenses. > A > Voigt. Ultron 28 mm 1.9, (56mm equiv. the "normal" lens), a 35 mm Ultron > 1.7(70mm equiv) my Summicron 50, etc.etc. They all worked and even my 0.95 > Canon (converted for M use) now works with the Panasonic as an 0.95 100mm > lens. This is wild stuff. All this on a $600.00 body. I slapped on the 28 > mm > and ran to a local shop where I imaged the young lady behind the counter. I > have to remember there is no image stabilizer, so I will have to be > steadier > in the future- but I enclose the shot the first of many, many I hope with > this outfit. I cannot recommend it highly enough Bests: vroger > > http://v-images.smugmug.com/gallery/7556755_Lh3WE#488291961_2Mugg-L-LB > > -- // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com // w: http://www.rfman.com // b: http://rfman.wordpress.com