Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Jayanand. You confirm what I suspected. I have the GF1 and the EVF and am quite happy with the Panasonic 20mm 1.7 lens on it, but I suspected that focusing on a moving object with M lenses would be nigh impossible. >From time to time I consider adding the Olympus M. Zuiko Digital ED 45mm f/1.8 Lens but I don't know how quickly it would achieve auto focus on the Panny GF1 body so I haven't yet made that move. Aside, of course, from my No New Gear New Year's Resolution....which has remained intact almost two weeks so far! --Bob ==On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 9:15 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: > Bob, > Very, very difficult. When I got a GF1, Howard Cummer sent me an > adapter. Manual focus wide open with Leica M lenses was pretty much a > hit and miss affair, the EVF was nowhere like good enough. Stopped > down, the Panny 20mm f1.7 was excellent, so that is what I use, and my > Leica M lenses still languish in a dry box! I wish Leica would bring > out an M10 with auto focus and VR...I would buy it like a shot, with > new lenses as well. Till then I will use these mirror less bodies with > the native lenses (the new Fuji looks really exciting), or maybe a > Nikon V1 with an FT1 adapter - which maintains auto focus, auto > exposure and VR, and from all accounts works very well. > > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 11:38 PM, Robert Baron <robertbaron1 at gmail.com> > wrote: >> ==On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 10:05 PM, Phil Swango <pswango at att.net> wrote: >> >>> I just received the Leica M>MFT adapter I ordered for my new Oly E-PL1. >>> ?The brand name was rainbowimaging and they have adapters for a whole >>> range >>> of other lens brands. ?Prices are really good IMO and the quality of the >>> item I received was excellent. ?I paid $20 plus $5 s/h for mine. ?Found >>> through Amazon. >>> >>> Link: ?http://www.rainbowimaging.biz/shop/category.php?id_category=3&p=2 >>> >>> >> >> If there has been a discussion thread about this I missed it; time >> issues have kept my attention span short lately. >> >> If I were to get one of these to use my M lenses on my my Pansonic >> GF-1, how on earth would I quickly and accurately focus them, >> particularly the 50mm and 75mm? ?Can one use zone/hyperfocal >> techniques? >> >> --Bob >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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