[LRflex] Re: new person.

Thank you for comments and interesting responses. 
I'm aware the 24mm Elmarit was a Minolta design and I fail to see where 
that might be a problem. 
The lens will shoot photos, it's not an trophy ornament.
The Oly E1 has a field of view multiplier of 2. 
24mm becomes 48, and 28mm becomes a 56mm lens. A touch either side of 50 
will make this a "normal" for the E1. 

The technical swings-and-roundabouts discussed on forum posts imply sharp 
glass performs better in this application. I'm leaning toward the 28mm for 
the ever so slight technical superiority of the glass.

This will be my first new Leica lens. The last decade of Rangefinder 
years, used Leica was the go, with new Voigtlander and Zeiss when they 
jumped into the market place. I'm well immersed in this precarious 
infatuation and converted to the Leica "feel". A new lens for the E1 is a 
coming of age for the affair.

I've noticed the 4Thirds mount is a close copy of the Leica R bayonet 
design. Not surprising really, given the origin of the OM series. The 
Olympus DSLR body doesn't need modification to accept other lenses and 
there's a wide range of adaptors available, including Rollei SL.

Regards,
Peter Quick




I, too, own the Minolta inspired 24mm and find it to be an outstanding 
lens. 
  My only previous comparisons were an old Nikon 24 way back in the early 
70's that I disliked, and a 25mm Zeiss I used for close to 25 years on my 
Rollei SL-35 that was also an outstanding lens.  Great color saturation.
My regret is that if I ever would be so inclined to buy a Canon 5D, the 24 

will not work on it w/o some modification to the lens or the camera mirror 

or both.

Welcome.

Aram


>
>On Mar 23, 2006, at 9:00 PM, Peter.Quick@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > Hello List inhabitants,
> > I signed up yesterday with a specific mission in mind. Bit of
> > background
> > first though.
> >
> > From Melbourne, Australia. Long time M user, also have an Olympus
> > E1 DSLR.
> >
> > Recently became interested in, and ordered, an adaptor to fit Leica R
> > lenses to the Oly. I'm doing homework on candidates for the Lei-Oly
> > (Lollypop, Lca-Puss, Lempus... this could go on and on).
> >
> > I'm curious about opinions on the Elmarit 24 versus 28 models. On
> > paper,
> > the 28 appears to stack-up as better suited to this application
> > with less
> > vignetting and sharper stopped-down performance (admittedly, the
> > difference is slight).
> >
> > The adaptor is out of stock, set to arrive early next month, so I
> > have not
> > seen the results of this mating. I picked up a used Elmarit 135 f:
> > 2.8 to
> > cost effectively test the waters. It's a wallflower of Leica
> > lenses, and
> > goes for relatively low dollars, but gives a massive 270mm field of
> > view
> > on the E1. I've never been to that length, so it's something new and
> > exciting.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Peter Quick
> >
> > PS. The company footer is probably glued to this posting. Ignore
> > the legal
> > mumbo-jumbo and sorry about that.
> >




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