[LRflex] Re: Telephoto R lenses on the Panasonic G1
- From: "Miha Golobic" <miha.golobic@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:47:14 +0100
Thank you Howard for your observation.
The Lumix micro 4/3 system is also expanding with the G 1.7/20mm, HD-Zoom
3,5-5.6 14-140mm, and G Vario 4/7-14mm.
Miha
2009/1/19 H&ECummer <cummer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Hello Flexers,
> While waiting for my Leitax R > N bayonets to arrive, I have been
> experimenting with
> longer R lenses on the G1 using the Novoflex R > M and Rayqual M > Micro
> 4/3rds to
> see what can be accomplished. I used my old 90 Summmicron R and my beloved
> 180 Telyt APO f3.4
> and went out to the nearby beach to follow the activities of the local kite
> surfing club.
>
> The pictures are at:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/R+Tele+on+G1/
>
> http://tinyurl.com/9zuvuz
>
> The 90 Cron is quite easy to focus, especially using the 10X magnification
> through the EVF.
> There is magnified shaking of course but you can still bring the enlarged
> image into sharp focus relatively
> quickly and easily. When you close down the lens to gain some depth of
> field both the EVF and Monitor on
> the back of the G1 brighten up to compensate so you still see the image
> clearly.
>
> The 180 Telyt APO is harder to handle because the shaking is magnified that
> much more and sometimes
> you just lose sight of the portion of the image that you are trying to
> focus on. Then you have to revert to the full
> picture and take another run at it. This makes it harder to get sharp shots
> when you have fast action like a kit surfer sailing
> quickly along.
>
> Still, from the pictures in the folder you can see that it can be done.
> When my new bayonets arrive these lenses will
> be dedicated to the Nikon D700 and putting them on the G1 will not be
> possible without another adapter so I am
> just having fun now while I can.
>
> Please enjoy - all comments welcome as always.
> Cheers
> Howard
>
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