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Subject: [Leica] OT: Another maybe not so stupid GH1 question
From: passaro.vince at gmail.com (Vince Passaro)
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:48:45 -0400
References: <daaeb97e1003251901x39685bb5w60bb366bf9ca4089@mail.gmail.com> <20100326023230.GS29479@jbm.org> <daaeb97e1003252002v1a389887kaeb0c063c1ae551e@mail.gmail.com> <a3f189161003252005y54471dadm7a899184f4656a8@mail.gmail.com> <daaeb97e1003252014q462910c5yefac14166cf0ae48@mail.gmail.com> <19b6d42d1003252055k39f1a914rc0d99e2f54087b7d@mail.gmail.com> <a3f189161003252102k1f11441r152e72021df29d13@mail.gmail.com> <19b6d42d1003252113q5a45d3dbv1113dfe8d24ea757@mail.gmail.com> <19b6d42d1003252122wa38cceepdc4f97491ddfbde5@mail.gmail.com> <a3f189161003252137v7db0b55dtc15c3ca50e321c89@mail.gmail.com>

Well indeed I looked at the spec sheet and it's half a foot or *0.15 meter*.
And indeed as I suspected the lens length plus distance to the sensor totals
almost three inches sooooo that's three inches from the front of the glass
to your out-of-towners.

Impressive. Still I got that Elmarit-R in 35mm and a Summicron-M in 50mm and
I even got a lovely little featherweight Minolta MD 45/2 I can mount on the
camera so I don't need no 45mm macro, even if it do autofocus and the like.

What I need is a D700. or an M9. How about a 1962 Curt Flood rookie card in
exchange for an M8.2?



On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 12:37 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> 
wrote:

> You're right about the branding, I guess that sailed over my head, I know
> I've looked right at the reviews, but I'm  not too much on macros, because
> they focus too close for my flowers.
>
>  I imagine it can focus that close, pretty neat.
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 11:22 PM, Vince Passaro <passaro.vince at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Here's the unauthorized cut and paste copy from the B&H site on the LEICA
> > 45mm macro for Panasonic G lenses in micro FT mount:
> >
> > Panasonic Leica DG Macro-Elmarit 45mm F2.8 ASPH. MEGA O.I.S. Lens
> >
> >   - For LUMIX G Series Digital SLR Cameras
> >   - Micro Four Thirds Mount
> >   - 90mm Equivalent In 35mm Format
> >   - Capture Subjects in Actual Size
> >   - Minimum Focus Distance 0.5'
> >
> >
> > By the way do they really mean half a foot there? or half a meter? (I
> know,
> > it is the foot sign, but is it amistake?) Does the lens go to six inches?
> > from the focal plane? That would be like three inches from the front of
> the
> > lens.... My Elmarit-R goes to about seven or eight inches. Maybe six,
> from
> > the front of the lens. But the lens and adapter combo is pretty long so I
> > imagine it's about .25 meter. The last marking is .3 but it keeps turning
> > way beyond that.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 12:13 AM, Vince Passaro <passaro.vince at 
> > gmail.com
> > >wrote:
> >
> > > I thought the aforementioned 45mm macro carries the Leica name and is a
> > mFT
> > > mount? pas vrais?
> > >
> > > Huh, huh?
> > >
> > > On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 12:02 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com
> > >wrote:
> > >
> > >> On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 10:55 PM, Vince Passaro <
> > passaro.vince at gmail.com
> > >> >wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > When Panasonic is selling a lens called Leica what does that mean?
> It
> > >> was
> > >> > designed by Leica? It meets Leica specifications or some other set
> of
> > >> > standards? It's not just a price thing, with the expensive lenses
> > >> getting
> > >> > the Leica name: a number of their point-and-shoots feature Leica
> > lenses
> > >> and
> > >> > are not higher priced than their competition in the given category
> of
> > >> > performance.
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> None of the Micro 4/3 stuff carries the Leica name.  They had an
> > >> explanation
> > >> early on that the lenses met "certain criteria."  You don't see that
> > fine
> > >> print anymore, but it was there in the early days of the venture.  I
> had
> > a
> > >> Lumix that cost about $200 with a "Leica" lens. Cute little thang.
> > >>
> > >> It is a partnership thing, Panasonic builds most of Leica's Point and
> > >> shoot
> > >> products, (but you knew that)
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Regards,
> > >>
> > >> Sonny
> > >> http://www.sonc.com
> > >> http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/
> > >> Natchitoches, Louisiana
> > >> (+31.754164,-093.099080)
> > >>
> > >> USA
> > >>
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> > >>
> > >
> > >
> >
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>
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Sonny
> http://www.sonc.com
> http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/
> Natchitoches, Louisiana
> (+31.754164,-093.099080)
>
> USA
>
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