Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/12/28

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Subject: [Leica] 4/3 Adapters
From: jbm at jbm.org (Jeff Moore)
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 23:08:12 -0500
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2010-12-28-22:35:40 Geoff Hopkinson:
> Harrison ... Do you consider that the 90 with adapter on your G2
> gives better results than cropping the same FoV from that lens on
> your M9? You are able to manage critical focus effectively?

I'm far from being Harrison, but I'll jump in here anyway.  I've used
various Leica glass on the DMC-GF1, and my experience is that:

 - A micro-4/3-sized crop from a *similarly exposed*, *properly focused*
   M9 photo with the same lens always seems to look better than I'd
   get from the GF1.  The M9, despite the rep CCD sensors have in some
   circles, is definitely lower-noise in dim light than the GF1, and
   in good light the pixels just seem to... look better.

 - The micro-4/3, on the other hand, excels at nailing exact focus
   (since you can focus by eye with the magnified actual pixels from
   the sensor).  This is something I'm not always able to count on
   with an M and fast lenses 75mm or longer.  You can also compose
   with SLR precision, and you get an electronic light boost when
   peering through the dim.  And note that the currently-rare,
   just-coming-out DMC-GH2, while sold largely for its video
   capabilities, is a higher-resolution and lower-noise still camera
   than its predecessors.

 -Jeff


In reply to: Message from amr3 at uwm.edu (Alan Magayne-Roshak) ([Leica] 4/3 Adapters)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] 4/3 Adapters)
Message from daniel at dlridings.se (Daniel Ridings) ([Leica] 4/3 Adapters)
Message from lists at mcclary.net (Harrison McClary) ([Leica] 4/3 Adapters)
Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] 4/3 Adapters)