Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/03/26

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Subject: [Leica] Focus Peaking on the Fuji XT1 with met Metabones adapter
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 04:41:20 -0400

Going to guess twice. One that the lens is the current 50 1.4 Nikkor. Two is
that both were shot at 1.4.?


On 3/26/15 4:12 AM, "Howard Cummer" <cummer at netvigator.com> wrote:

> HI Luggers,
> At Shogun Camera, Lock Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, owner Denny Cheung sold me a 
> Nikon
> F to Fuji X Metabones adapter.
> This will let me use my few remaining Leica R lenses already re-bayoneted 
> to
> Nikon F mounts on my Fuji X cameras.
> I tried a 50mm Nikkor f1.4 on the adapter with the XT 1. I switched the 
> focus
> mode to manual and, imagine my surprised delight,
> when I held the camera up to focus and lifted my finger off the shutter 
> button
> - focus peaking was engaged - and it
> made achieving sharp focus a snap!!
> 
> Here?s Denny, perfectly in focus, and in B&W as processed in CS6
> 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/HK2015/DennyCheungShogun.jpg.h
> tml>
> 
> And here?s Denny?s young assistant - the photo processed the same way.
> 
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/HK2015/VictorShogun.jpg.html>
> 
> Please look large - C&C always welcome.
> 
> Howard
> 
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