Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, it does have an optical viewfinder as well, and you can toggle between it and the EVF. I do not plan on getting the "M" adapter, as I have no itention of using anything but Fuji lenses on the X-Pro 1, so I will leave that part for others to comment on. Cheers Jayanand Sent from my iPad On 10-Jun-2012, at 10:20 PM, Rod Smith <bigdlakeside at yahoo.com> wrote: > RE: Vol 50, Issue 182, Message 23, Fuji X-Pro 1 and new M > adapter > Hello all: > I see that Steve has been using the Fuji X-Pro 1 (perhaps as > well as others). > I have been awaiting the M mount adapter which was announced > recently by Fuji (albeit a bit pricey in my book but a whale of a lot > cheaper than an M9). > I have two concerns, focusing and info going from lens to > body. > I handled a Fuji X-Pro 1 recently at a local store, and I > was not impresses by the viewfinder. I could never see an image in focus > on the > electronic finder. Maybe it was just me, > a diopter issue, or a camera issue. But I just did not see the image well. > This > leads to the focus issue. Doe the camera have any sort of focus assist. If > so, > is it present only in the electronic finder? Since the lens might be > stopped > down ? there would be a considerable range for ?in focus? so if you are > left > with a sort of ?ground glass? focusing ? would one be able to get critical > focus > at all. > Now with regard to info going from lens to body, would not > the only info be something to control the software to apply vignette and > color > shift tools? Based on the photo I have seen of the adapter, it appears the > electrical contact on Fuji adapter may read the Leica coding by simple > electrical conduction. If that is the case ? I assume a Leica lens coded > with > the ink markers will not work (as this adapter would not function > correctly). > Of course any of us with much experience can look at a photo after we have > shot > it and tell what lens we used, so you could apply the same tools after the > fact > in post-production. > I just read the info from John Lei on the cameraquest site. He seems to > be quite pleased. I still wonder > about the contacts on the photo of the Fuji (brand) adapter. > Any thoughts anyone? > Thanks for the help. > Rod > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information