Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/17

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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 15/6/2011: playing with my new 12mm lens
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 08:06:21 -0400
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Love the tails!  I also like the 12mm as a street lens.  Just set it for
hyperfocal focusing and everything is in focus.

Tina

On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 5:26 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at 
frozenlight.eu>wrote:

> On a bit of whim, I picked up a second-hand 12mm Cosina/Voigntlander lens
> for my M8. This is the first version, which is not rangefinder-coupled. So
> to use it on an M8 or any other M (or screw mount Leica), you focus by
> estimating the distance. Given the depth of field involved, this is not 
> hard
> to do.
>
> But I played with the lens on my GF-1. Of course, when mounted on a MFT
> camera, this lens does focus in the normal way, and as this image shows, it
> is eminently possible to achieve critical focus:
>
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_netUM#1341218512_tp6DQ8J-O-LB
>
> But really, that is not what this lens is for. It is a lens you set on 2
> meters and do happy snaps, for example like this image at the vet:
>
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_netUM#1341218556_QFSh5K4-O-LB
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
> http://www.greatpix.eu
> http://www.nathanfoto.com
> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
>
> YNWA
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-- 
Tina Manley, ASMP
www.tinamanley.com


Replies: Reply from drodgers at casefarms.com (David Rodgers) ([Leica] FS: GF-1, Nikkor Lenses)
In reply to: Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] Nathan's PAD 15/6/2011: playing with my new 12mm lens)