Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]So we'll skip the part about if anybody has ever gotten any results out of it yet worth looking at I guess. 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 09:55:04 +0530 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Going digital with M lenses (outside of M8/M9)? > > 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information