Zoom lenses?

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RML

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I'd like to make more use of my M2 and/or R-D1 when doing assignments. On assignments I find that zoom lenses are so versatile that I can hardly live without them. I'm thinking that a zoom lens on my M2 and/or R-D1 would let me use them more on assignments.

But... are there any zoom lenses for M or LTM mount?

And if so, how to deal with the different focal lengths vf-wise?
 
jaapv said:
If you figure out a way to couple it to a zoom rangefinder... Better to buy a DSLR I should think.
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And that's what I use. But I'm getting fed up (again) with the weight of the gear, the inaccuracy of the auto focus, the difficult manual focusing, and the clumsiness of setting aperture/exposure/etc quickly and efficiently. Exactly, IMO, the strong points of my R-D1.
 
markinlondon said:
Only the Tri-Elmar and that's not really a zoom. Handy though if you can live with f4.
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There is also a M-Hexanon Dual Lens 21-35mm/F3.4-4. Hard to find. But from what I hear a pretty good lens, yet not as good as primes though. Not cheap either but less than Leica.
 
No, the Contax G series has it's own lens mount. A nice system and in the G2 the vf does zoom with the lens. It is, however, only 35 - 70 & slow at f3.5 - 5.6.

To my knowledge that is the only zoom ever made for a RF. Sorry.

William
 
Dang! That 35-75 sounds nice. The tri-elmars are a bit too wide for me.

I may have to go hunt for a cheap normal-to-short-tele M42 mount zoom and see if I can get to work properly on the R-D1 (with adapters). Any suggestions?
 
If you like all those things about a rangefinder then learn to love zooming with your feet ;-) Seriously, what zooms do you like to use? For an assignment I would carry my DSLR with a good all-purpose zoom for when I get stuck in a corner or need to know that I nailed a shot. For the art shots or wandering around I would pull out the rangefinder. My hit ratio drops with my rangefinder, but when it does connect I'm so much more happy with the photo.
 
RML said:
And that's what I use. But I'm getting fed up (again) with the weight of the gear, the inaccuracy of the auto focus, the difficult manual focusing, and the clumsiness of setting aperture/exposure/etc quickly and efficiently. Exactly, IMO, the strong points of my R-D1.
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A Pentax ME Super or MX or an Olympus OM would give you a 'near rangefinder' experience and offer many zoom options. The only way a RF could properly use a zoom would be to have a coupled zooming finder and I'm not surprised frankly that nobody has bothered to design one.

Matthew
 
I haven't tried any of them myself, but might not a Digilux 2 or 3 (or Panasonic eq.) fit Your needs if You like digital? They have manual friendly controls and supposedly good zoom lenses. Not small but still more compact than most dslrs.
Just a thought
Jacob
 
markinlondon said:
Why would the Tri-Elmar be too wide on a RD-1 with its 1.6x crop factor? Wouldn't that give you something like 40-75 equivalent?
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Because I'd like to have a bit more reach than 75mm, say up to 100-150mm.
And the crop factor is 1.5x
 
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