Walter, do you know if the same adaptors (konica, nikon, leica, etc.)
will work on the Olympus 4/3rd mounts as well as the G1 mini 4/3rds?
Thanking you in advance for a reply. George
> Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:44:03 +1100
> From: walter.kramer@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [LRflex] Re: Epson EVF
>
> I've mounted the lieca 80-200mm f4 on the G1 and it is awkward and
> difficult to get a grip. The balance is all wrong. I have big hands
> anyway and the camera is small, however I have found it OK with the 90
> cron or smaller, like the 50 cron. I have a couple of old Nikon AIS
> primes, 105mm f2.5 and the 200mm f4.0 which balance very comfortably on
> the G1 body, in fact these slender Nikons are a pleasure to use on
the G1.
>
> There may be a business problem here and a challenge. Which of the
> traditional and established lens/camera manufacturers would be
> interested in creating a quality camera that could accommodate most
> lenses with an appropriate adapter? I'm happy to manual focus, and a
> full frame digital camera with EVF which is able to meter at the
working
> aperture would allow me to use just about any 35mm lens ever made. So
> maybe there is little incentive for the likes of Nikon, Canon etc to
> offer this.
>
> Perhaps this is why Olympus and Panasonic haved moved this way first.
> How long will it be before one of them offers full frame ... will Nikon
> or Canon rush to get a FF mirrorless digital on the market and risk
> making their mounts redundant?
>
> All questions. However it looks increasingly likely that at some point
> there will be a camera that can mount R glass on a ff digital platform
> albeit using an EVF finder.
>
> G1 Konica 57mm f1.2
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/25126059@N02/3940899954/sizes/o/
>
> G1 Konica 57mm f1.2
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/25126059@N02/3931325320/sizes/o/
>
> G1 Nikon 200mm f4.0
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/25126059@N02/3896368402/sizes/o/
>
> G1 Leica 80-200mm f4 (from about 200 metres hand held)
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/25126059@N02/4016667454/sizes/o/
>
> Gary E wrote:
> > I once wrote on another site that using a Panasonic GF-1 or Olympus
> > EP-1 4/3 camera with the Leica 70-180/2.8 may be a daunting task if
> > not impossible to hand hold. But...
> >
> > If they developed a body a little bigger than then current G1/GH1
with
> > this EVF, can mount R lenses directly with auto aperture, meter as
> > such with ROM or 3rd cam and if (meaning must in my case) it comes
> > with a FF sensor, then I wouldn't mind using the live view the EVF
> > would provide if the resolution is as they say.
> >
> > I've also wondered what this DSLR solution from Leica or 3rd licensed
> > party would look like or function like. Seems mirror-less
> > interchangeable digital cameras are in vogue now with the
manufacturers.
> >
> > "Anyway it is not difficult to imagine an X1 with EVF and an
> > interchangeable lens mount. For R glass there would be a crop factor
> > however the wider focal ranges could be filled with new lenses. Just
> > idle speculation however I do feel that the future for interchanged
> > camera systems has EVF written all over it."
> >
> > I don't disagree with this, but to have to buy new lenses to cover
the
> > wide angles would not be a viable nor acceptable R solution.
> >
> >
> > Gary E
> >
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