Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It's like putting a Hasselblad on an Olympus Half-Pen On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 4:58 PM, Aram Langhans <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> wrote: > Anybody seen this? > > http://www.rainbowimaging.biz/shop/product.php?id_product=530 > > I had a chance to play with the V1 for about 30 minutes a month or so ago, > and thought it was a pretty good camera. Since it has an electronic > viewfinder, perhaps using R lenses stopped down on it might not be such a > bad thing since the viewfinder, if I remember correctly, changed brightness > as the lighting changed, so it was always bright. So, stopping the lens > down would still allow you to see easily. DOF would increase, so focusing > accurately might not be as easy, but for the money, it might be worth a > try. > > I think with all that room, someone might be able to build an auto > diaphragm mechanism in the adapter for full aperture focusing and metering. > > Aram > > > Aram Langhans > Semi-Retired (retarded?) Science Teacher > & Unemployed photographer > > "The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself > would ever have dared dream." James D. Watson > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>