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