Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What they need to do is make something at real people can afford. But then they seem to be selling every one they make. Gene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Herr" <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 8:07:14 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica Monochrome Wayne Serrano wrote: > >So much for all the Leica R lens owners who would have rather liked to see >a Leica full frame DSLR to make use of existing R lenses... > All three of us are getting a little impatient... but the item that caught my attention was the Hasselblad H lens to Leica S adapter. It's a 'smart' adapter that allows the S body to control the aperture, focus and shutter of the H lens. AF, auto-aperture and central shutter of the H lens on an S body. The S2's focal plane shutter can also be used, a first for the H lenses, or an S2 can be a backup for an H system. Not that I'll ever use either H or S, more that it represents Leica's thinking. Leica is thinking of photographers' needs, not trying to trap them in a closed system. For a number of years I've advocated / dreamed of smart adapters exactly like this that would allow full function of a variety of makers' lenses on a thin EVIL-like body. Photokina could be quite interesting. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information