[Leica] M8 and "old" lenses? - George

[j2m46 at hotmail.fr (Jean-Michel Mertz)]

 Thanks for looking at the pictures, George. Yes, the colours seem a bit 
weird, but this is my fault, I did tinker with LR and found the colours 
interesting though not "natural" at all. I also forgot to say that the 
rokkor lenses were SLR, hence the focusing issue. 
I was interested in your "cadillac" reportage, you did quite a job there! 
The B&W are great. I can share what you felt about renovating this "toy" 
car, we went through the same experience with our grand-daughter Cl?mentine 
(Savannah, GA) who owns now a wonderful Barby electric car that her Dad had 
found discarded in a refuse dump ... Not $10, but free! 
JM


Jean-Michel Mertz
Strasbourg

 
> From: george.imagist at icloud.com
> Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2014 11:54:25 -0600
> To: lug at leica-users.org
> Subject: Re: [Leica] M8 and "old" lenses?
> 
> 
> On Nov 5, 2014, at 9:02 AM, Jean-Michel Mertz wrote:
> 
> > I use my "old" Leica LTM lenses on my M8, no problem. I've come to also 
> > use two of my old Minolta rokkor lenses on that same M8 body (+ Fotodiox 
> > adapter). The results appear to be OK: 
> > 
> > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Jean-Michel/minolta/L1091751.jpg.html>
> > 
> > But focusing at the infinite is only possible at 5m (well in fact, 
> > between 5 and the infinite). Close focusing is a guessing game ... So 
> > the idea is of course to step down. This is to be expected with such 
> > lenses. The thing is, these are lenses that are well made - (the rokkors 
> > seem to be highly regarded even by Leica, did they not decide to build a 
> > camera on a common venture? I've even read somewhere that the 50 rokkor 
> > set a standard for Leica in the 60s ...) - they are fun to use and the 
> > colour and atmosphere are quite unique.
> > I'd be interested if any Luggers have already tried this combo out? 
> > Thanks for any tips!
> > JM
> > I could buy the latest M and use live view for accurate focusing, yes 
> > ... but I'd have to win the lottery first. 
> 
> appears to have some serious chromatic aberration issues too Jean-Michel
> 
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser 
> 
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