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Subject: [Leica] New 4/3 equipment?
From: daniel at dlridings.se (Daniel Ridings)
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:39:57 +0200
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Could be worth a try. I find that I don't trust the autofocus on my
bodies anyway (the 20-35 Nikkor with the D300 for example or the 21mm
on the Pentax) and end up focusing manually anyway.

Daniel

On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 11:33 AM, FRANK DERNIE
<frank.dernie at btinternet.com> wrote:
> I have been using my GH1 with manual focus lenses from time to time. With 
> the
> magnification feature I find it very easy to focus. AF is still easier, of
> course. I can focus a Noctilux at least as easily on my GH1 as my Leica, 
> FWIW.
> Frank
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Daniel Ridings <daniel at dlridings.se>
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Thursday, 26 August, 2010 9:34:46
> Subject: Re: [Leica] New 4/3 equipment?
>
> As you can read, they are adamantly denying all rumours:
>
> http://www.cosina.co.jp/seihin/voigt/v-lens/micro-ft/index.html
>
> Probably just as well. I have only looked fleetingly through the
> viewfinder with manual focus, but it didn't take me long to realize
> that I am too old to focus that way.
>
> Daniel
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 7:18 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> 
> wrote:
>> Firstly, I find it curious that CV would "announce" a new lens on a 
>> "Rumors"
>>site.
>>
>> But assuming it is true, I am quite sceptical about the utility of this 
>> lens.
>>The point of using it is to shoot at f0.95, obviously. And given my 
>>experience
>>focusing the 90mm Elmarit on the GF-1, I think that the % of usable images 
>>would
>>be below 10%.
>>
>> As others have said, most cameras work best as a system with the lenses
>>designed for it, and my conclusion is that despite the automatic 
>>magnification
>>feature of the GF-1 when focusing manually etc., the GF-1 works best with 
>>MFT
>>autofocus lenses.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>>
>> On 26 Aug, 2010, at 2:56 , Ric Carter wrote:
>>
>>> that's the reason for the question
>>>
>>> i've heard complaints about manual focusing on cameras with electronic
>>>viewfinders
>>>
>>> ric
>>>
>>>
>>> On Aug 25, 2010, at 8:51 PM, Jeffery Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>> It's manual focus.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Aug 25, 2010, at 7:45 PM, Ric Carter wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> i love the concept of this new lens from cv, but is it possible to 
>>>>> focus the
>>>>>thing?
>>>>>
>>>>> i have no experience, so not a rhetorical question
>>>>>
>>>>> ric
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>> Nathan Wajsman
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>>
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