Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/10

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Subject: [Leica] MFT>M adapter
From: robertbaron1 at gmail.com (Robert Baron)
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:45:09 -0600
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Boy, are you a bad influence!  I had missed that post.

B&H has it for $385 now with free shipping.....

<sigh>

--Bob

==On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 9:40 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj
<jayanand at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am also considering getting that lens - the auto focus will work,
> only it would not have image stabilization, which is fine by me. It
> would also make a nice two lens kit for the GF1:
>
> http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2011/12/lens-of-the-year-2011.html
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
> On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 9:01 AM, Robert Baron <robertbaron1 at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>> 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
>>>>


In reply to: Message from pswango at att.net (Phil Swango) ([Leica] MFT>M adapter)
Message from robertbaron1 at gmail.com (Robert Baron) ([Leica] MFT>M adapter)
Message from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] MFT>M adapter)
Message from robertbaron1 at gmail.com (Robert Baron) ([Leica] MFT>M adapter)
Message from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] MFT>M adapter)