Re: M8 comments :-)

Mike:
The brochure states that mounting a lens to the M8 activates frames with correct fields of view for 24/35mm, 90/50mm, and 75mm lenses.

Use a 1.33X multiplier on full-frame focal length to get what the M8 sees. So your 90mm would see a 120mm field of view as you point out, and a 35mm would see a 46.6mm field of view.



At 11:49 AM 9/26/2006, you wrote: 
Thanks Mark--

if i read the stuff correctly in what I saw posted so far, the 1:3
"focal length" adjustment means my 21 would be a "28" my 28 mm
Voigtlander (with adapter)  would be a "35"  (or thereabouts) my 35
would pretty much see what a "normal" 50 sees and a 50 would be more
like a  70 mm and the 90 would be a 120 mm lens.  I am not sure of
putting those lenses on would activate the correct VF or if  the
24/35 ; 50/75 and 21/28  lines would actually correlate to "digital"
lenses.

If the VF windows don't key properly I suppose i could use my old
universal finder and get "close enough" framing, guesstimating and
allowing for some waste at the edges....

I su[pose all will be made clear about the time i can find  the cash
to get one anyway....

there is also the Digilux 3 option which is, of course a true SLR (no
crappy electronic VF on this one!) and which will let me "see exactly
what each lens "sees" regardless whether it is an old fashioned lens
or the new, smaller digital types with their shorter focal lengths.

As i have a Digi 2 clone now, I am familiar with the "real camera"
adjusting controls and 7 Mp is probably enough for what i do anyway ,
Mike

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