Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Le 18 avr. 12 ? 17:17, Simon Ogilvie a ?crit : > David Keenan <ausdlk at gmail.com> wrote: > >> I just don't understand the insistence of so many to force their M >> lenses >> onto the XP1... Or any other manual focus len(es) for that matter. >> >> No matter what adapter one uses (the Shogun adapter that Howard >> describes >> or Fuji's own) this is all a complete exercise in futility -- or >> vanity. >> >> The Fuji lenses are excellent by most accounts and very reasonably >> priced. >> >> What other reason can there be other then vanity? >> <snip>... >> My XP1 will never see an adapter -- and my M lenses will stay where >> they >> belong, and excel, on my M9. > > Have you not considered the possibility that not everyone can afford a > digital Leica M, but maybe has some lenses still kicking around from > their film days and would like to make use of them again? Or the fact > that there are only three lenses currently for the Fuji and not many > more than that for the Sony NEX? All cameras systems have there > compromises, but most here would agree that Leica M lenses produce the > best results in many situations, so why not try to use them on other > systems? > Because they're not AF? Ph > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information