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EM1.2 with Leica M Lenses

ptomsu

Workshop Member
I tried today some of my wonderful Leica M lenses on my Olympus EM1.2 - just for curiosity reasons :cool:

What you get on m43 is of course a 2x crop, but for 50mm and longer this can be actually something pretty desirable, like a Noctilux 1/50 becomes a 1/100 (forget everything about a Nikon 1.4/105) and a wonderful 1.4/75 becomes a 1.4/150 and so on ....

Man, I was impressed by

1) how well the EM1.2 works with MF (Focus Peaking is a breeze)
2) how nicely all these M lenses balance on the EM1.2
3) how great the Leica glass is - well this is nothing new for most of us, but just good to see again

Leica M 2/90 APO -> 2/180
2017-10-19_0001.jpg by ptomsu, on Flickr

2017-10-19_0004.jpg by ptomsu, on Flickr

2017-10-19_0007.jpg by ptomsu, on Flickr

Leica M 1.4/75 -> 1.4/150
2017-10-19_0012.jpg by ptomsu, on Flickr

2017-10-19_0022.jpg by ptomsu, on Flickr

2017-10-19_0030.jpg by ptomsu, on Flickr

I will use these combo now more often for certain types of shooting, especially as it feels so nice in hand.

Makes me also want to get a Leica SL in order to make full use of the complete FF quality of these lenses of course ;)
 
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ptomsu

Workshop Member
Some more - this time with Leica M 1.4 50 ASPH

this results in an FF equivalent of 1.4 100 - after finetunig the setup of the EM1.2 for this lens this becomes a dream setup for portraits, landscape and macro as well.

2017-10-19_EM1.2_M_0034.jpg by ptomsu, on Flickr

2017-10-19_EM1.2_M_0042.jpg by ptomsu, on Flickr

2017-10-19_EM1.2_M_0044.jpg by ptomsu, on Flickr

2017-10-19_EM1.2_M_0060.jpg by ptomsu, on Flickr

2017-10-19_EM1.2_M_0068.jpg by ptomsu, on Flickr

2017-10-19_EM1.2_M_0078.jpg by ptomsu, on Flickr

2017-10-19_EM1.2_M_0090.jpg by ptomsu, on Flickr
 
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