Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/26

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Subject: [Leica] Going digital with M lenses (outside of M8/M9)?
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 09:16:08 +0530
References: <BANLkTinLZvc2FYMZcH5tKF9DA50cnFNLDA@mail.gmail.com> <CA2D731A.10E11%mark@rabinergroup.com>

Mark,
As usual, you do not understand context. Well, let me explain. It makes it
irrelevant to go to a lot of trouble to use Leica M lenses on the camera
bodies under discussion, when using Lumix and/or Olympus lenses is far more
efficient and simple, unless you want to shoot wide open or thereabouts,
which is Leica's strength over the others.

Have you tried focusing a 90mm Elamrit M lens on a GF-1 body? Not
surprisingly, I thought you had not. Let me tell you it is no picnic, and I
would probably just go out and buy a Panasonic 100-300 or something if I
wanted that range.

Cheers
Jayanand

On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> 
wrote:

> The idea that stopping down makes it irrelevant to use Leica lenes is
> patently absurd. What if you wanted to get something in focus? You need to
> stop down for most shots. The extremely selective focus thing can only get
> you so far.
>
>
> Mark William Rabiner
>
>
>
> > From: Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>
> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 07:43:23 +0530
> > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Going digital with M lenses (outside of M8/M9)?
> >
> > They work well, as Nathan says, on the GF-1, but they are very difficult
> to
> > focus properly wide open on the EVF. If you have to stop down, why use
> Leica
> > lenses in the first place? I think the quality of the viewfinder is
> > critical, so check that out. Alternatively use ultra wides where focusing
> is
> > a non issue.
> > Cheers
> > Jayanand
> >
> > On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 9:58 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Jan,
> >>
> >> I find that using M lenses on my GF-1 works quite well. I use the
> adapter
> >> from Cameraquest. In fact, I just bought the 12mm non-rangefinder
> coupled CV
> >> lens, and it works brilliantly on the GF-1. And of course the fact that
> it
> >> is not rangefinder-coupled is of no consequence in this case.
> >>
> >> 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
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Jun 26, 2011, at 6:13 PM, Jan Decher wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi Folks,
> >>> What's currently  the best way to take my M and ZM lenses to  digital
> >>> (outside of M8/M9)?
> >>>
> >>> I considering buying a Micro 4/3rds body (Olympus, Panasonic) perhaps
> >> with
> >>> one indigenous "pancake-type" lens  and the M adapter.  Any issues with
> >>> metering, manual focussing etc. to be aware of?
> >>>
> >>> Which adapter is the best (Novoflex, CameraQuest, EBAY China-made...)?
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Jan
> >>>
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Replies: Reply from Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie) ([Leica] Going digital with M lenses (outside of M8/M9)?)
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In reply to: Message from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] Going digital with M lenses (outside of M8/M9)?)
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