eleskin
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All of this business about the Metabones speed booster has my interest, and I even bought the Chinese version on Ebay to experiment with my Minolta MD lenses. A very cool device indeed. I also have a sizable Leica M lens collection with an M8 that I hardly use anymore, the X Pro's technology is just that much better. I do use my Noctilux alot with my Fuji. What gets to me is I have no stomach to blow 7K on an M240. The Sony A7R is less painful at $2300 but there are issues: Shutter shock vibration, spending $2,300, and the form factor. I am much more comfortable with how the Fuji is designed with traditional controls, the size of the camera in my hand is just right, etc,,. If it were full frame I would be in heaven right now but it is not. I know they say it is impossible to construct an M adapter speed booster because there is just not enough room in such a short mount. I am just wondering optically if there is a way to correct the projected image from the M lens so you could get a full frame look on an X Pro-1 ? Could you arrange the elements in a way that the projection to sensor distance increases hence making room for the adpter? I realize you would be limited in the lenses you could use. Any rear elements could not come in contact with any optics in an adapter. I would be ok with that. In fact, if they made a full frame adapter specifically for a Noctilux I would buy it. Right now it looks like my only option is to accept the crop, or use SLR lenses. Any thoughts?
