panos
Established
Dear All,
i am a rangefinder lover as we all are and a previous owner of the leica M8 which i loved .
Unfortunately financial difficulties forced me to sold it some years ago for a Canon 5D Mark II ( easier for the majority of my professional work )
I couldn't live without a rangefinder and i went and bought the contax G1 with the 28 and the 45 mm lenses and i am still using it but film is a slower process and i am really looking forward to get a digital as well.
I am flirting with the XE-1 with the 18mm lens and i ve read that i can use my contax G lenses with metabones adaptors .
So here comes the question:
Is anyone using this combo and how does it work with the EVF and in terms of IQ will i get the same results (in terms of sharpness, as the ones i get with film , given that i will be using the same lenses )?
Your thoughts will be really appreciated ....
Thanks you so much for your time and sorry for the big intro.
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i am a rangefinder lover as we all are and a previous owner of the leica M8 which i loved .
Unfortunately financial difficulties forced me to sold it some years ago for a Canon 5D Mark II ( easier for the majority of my professional work )
I couldn't live without a rangefinder and i went and bought the contax G1 with the 28 and the 45 mm lenses and i am still using it but film is a slower process and i am really looking forward to get a digital as well.
I am flirting with the XE-1 with the 18mm lens and i ve read that i can use my contax G lenses with metabones adaptors .
So here comes the question:
Is anyone using this combo and how does it work with the EVF and in terms of IQ will i get the same results (in terms of sharpness, as the ones i get with film , given that i will be using the same lenses )?
Your thoughts will be really appreciated ....
Thanks you so much for your time and sorry for the big intro.
X
p
sjgslack
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Hi There,
I use Contax G lenses on a NEX-6..... You may find that using something with focus peaking would be easier. Also the refresh rate on the EVF of the XE-1 is slower...
As far as adapters go, here is some info I wish I had known before: You will find that the focusing feels very 'crunchy' and not very smooth at all. My 90 was almost unusable... I assumed this was the adapter, but it would seem that they are all like that... after a few months of use the focusing does become smooth. Not perfect, but much better.
Now my lenses have all improved... it just takes quite a lot of time and effort to loosen them up. Don't be tempted to buy a different adapter to improve things - it's the lenses!
My recommendation would be that you need focus peaking though. The XE-1 may be the best looking camera for the job, but I don't think it's the most practical.
Silas
I use Contax G lenses on a NEX-6..... You may find that using something with focus peaking would be easier. Also the refresh rate on the EVF of the XE-1 is slower...
As far as adapters go, here is some info I wish I had known before: You will find that the focusing feels very 'crunchy' and not very smooth at all. My 90 was almost unusable... I assumed this was the adapter, but it would seem that they are all like that... after a few months of use the focusing does become smooth. Not perfect, but much better.
Now my lenses have all improved... it just takes quite a lot of time and effort to loosen them up. Don't be tempted to buy a different adapter to improve things - it's the lenses!
My recommendation would be that you need focus peaking though. The XE-1 may be the best looking camera for the job, but I don't think it's the most practical.
Silas
sjgslack
Established
panos
Established
Thanks sjgslack...
it looks super sharp ( the branches ) nice one
thanks again
it looks super sharp ( the branches ) nice one
thanks again
porktaco
Well-known
i love the g lenses on an xe-1.
couple things.
one, which i'm sure you already know, is that they turn the wrong way, and their use with an adapter might be counter-intuitive. second, the metabones adapter, which i use and like, is heavy. it has build quality but it also has the weight of a lot of metal. third, i had, briefly, an nex-7 and for a number of reasons returned it. i didn't like the focus peaking, and i much prefer the thumbwheel-press-to-zoom in the xe-1. ymmv.
i like the fuji lenses a lot too. i am an intentional manual focus snob, but the camera is built for AF. focus errors suck.
couple things.
one, which i'm sure you already know, is that they turn the wrong way, and their use with an adapter might be counter-intuitive. second, the metabones adapter, which i use and like, is heavy. it has build quality but it also has the weight of a lot of metal. third, i had, briefly, an nex-7 and for a number of reasons returned it. i didn't like the focus peaking, and i much prefer the thumbwheel-press-to-zoom in the xe-1. ymmv.
i like the fuji lenses a lot too. i am an intentional manual focus snob, but the camera is built for AF. focus errors suck.
serrada36
Member
I have been experimenting with G lenses on my xp1 and to be honest, I'm not that happy with the setup. Maybe it's because I'm using a cheap adapter. I have had great results with Leica glass (R and M) though. OTOH, I am very happy with G lenses on my NEX7. I am really looking forward to the MX Camera adapter for G glass and the NEX that allows auto focus.
rhl-oregon
Cameras Guitars Wonders
If you appreciate well-machined smoothness and don't mind the extra grams of weight, I very much like the Metabones/XE1 combo, which gives me a 135 2.8 Sonnar, a 75 2.0 Planar, and a 42 2.8 Biogon.
I do rely on the Fujinon 35 1.4, but it's easy to pack while mounting one or the other of these for some very intentional long-tele manual shooting. If I'm shooting the Biogon as a 42, I'd pack the Fujinon 18 2.0 instead.
I do rely on the Fujinon 35 1.4, but it's easy to pack while mounting one or the other of these for some very intentional long-tele manual shooting. If I'm shooting the Biogon as a 42, I'd pack the Fujinon 18 2.0 instead.
fer_fdi
Well-known
So, are you happy with the 28 Biogon performance on the Fuji?
Does it retain all of it's snap and magic?
Anyone using the 35/2 on the Fujis? Happy?
Anyone using a G adapter other than the Metabones? The Metabones is 140 grams, almost as heavy as the G lenses...
Does it retain all of it's snap and magic?
Anyone using the 35/2 on the Fujis? Happy?
Anyone using a G adapter other than the Metabones? The Metabones is 140 grams, almost as heavy as the G lenses...
rbelyell
Well-known
oher can answer your question better than i as i dont have an xe1. but, i have shot extensively with adapted G lenses on my gxr. ultimately, while IQ was excellent, i sold them because i missed the DOF scale on the lenses, and i did not like the very very short focus throw. just a couple things to add to the equation.
fer_fdi
Well-known
good info, thanks