Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, If it does not excite you, do not buy/use it. Simple. Period. Cheers Jayanand On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 9:52 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > The issue is not ease of focusing or stop down shooting but putting an > exquisite and pricey and manual Leica lens designed to cover a 24x36mm area > on a camera which has a 18x13.5mm format with a diagonal of 22.5mm and is > otherwise a pile of compact electronics. > That does not excite me nor appeal to my common sense. > Should such a camera have at least a 1.5 crop , 1.33 crop or 1x crop and > have no or minor issues as to seamless use I'd be paying more attention to > that. > > However this is partly becuae I'm not aware of anybody using such a set up > getting some real results that I can remember seeing. > People talk about their cameras. They don't talk about their pictures. > If someone has a gallery perhaps on the LUG please direct me to it and I'm > sure seeing a body of work done with such an arrangement would get me to > modify my thinking and change my tune. Especially if its an impressive > showing. > I'm talking about a folder with 4/3s pix in it taken with Leica glass on a > GAF-1 body. Or similar 4/3's option which I seem to be dimly aware of. > Perhaps some semi serious application. > > > 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 09:16:08 +0530 > > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Going digital with M lenses (outside of M8/M9)? > > > > 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 > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >