Micro 4/3 as backup for M8

Here is a side-by-side:

G1 ISO 400
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M8 ISO 320
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G1 ISO 800
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M8 ISO 640
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M8 ISO 1250
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Original scene:
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retow said:
M8 with 2-3 lenses and G1 with adapter and 45-200mm zoom in the bag will make for a perfectly versatile travel combo. Also, it might be the better solution for lenses with focus shift than the M8. The Sonnar 50mm starts to look very tempting.
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I just came back from a trip with the G1 and M5 with a 35mm f3.5 ltm lens. Unfortunately, the M5 was redundant. Hardly used it at all.

/T
 
dazedgonebye said:
Avotius,
Don't you shoot a GRD1 or something like that?
Isn't the G1 better for noise than the compact digitals?
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Yes it is but the GRD is also a lot smaller then the G1. I would maybe consider a G1 type camera later once the price came down a few hundred dollars but as it stands now my ultimate benchmark is that it has to have high iso better then my canon 20D and I am not seeing it in this camera. That kit lens though, its really nice, not canon L grade but certainly more then a match for any high end consumer zoom in the canon stable.

Unfortunately I think what we do have with the G1 is another noisy panasonic camera, but it is progress at least. I am looking forward to more m4/3 developments, and I can see myself owning some sort of m4/3 compact in the future, but as it stands now I would not want one as my primary carry around shooter.
 
eleskin said:
this could be a cheap back up for any M8 user.
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Now that there is a M-lens adapter for m4/3 I'd wait for Olympus to bring out the announced m4/3 compact.

We may become a "cheap" substitute for any M8 user.
(That is besides the "me-too wealthy dentist-or-eye-surgery" type of user who can't live without a red dot of course.)

Ooops, this is the M8-Forum. I better run now 😱.
 
HansDerHase said:
Now that there is a M-lens adapter for m4/3 I'd wait for Olympus to bring out the announced m4/3 compact.

We may become a "cheap" substitute for any M8 user.
(That is besides the "me-too wealthy dentist-or-eye-surgery" type of user who can't live without a red dot of course.)

Ooops, this is the M8-Forum. I better run now 😱.
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is anyone using "M-lens adapter for m4/3" now?
 
I found this thought by Richard from the above mentioned thread provocative:

"If Olympus or Leica has the vision, one of them should produce a simple rangefinder style m4/3 camera. Make it look like an M, for crying out loud. And if they are truly innovative, then produce an adapter with a reducing glass element to eliminate the crop factor. People would complain about why putting a $6000 Noctilux on a $800 body, but they would own the Leica users' souls. It's different enough from the M8 that they can justify existence of both."

An adapter with a reducing element would be just about the coolest thing ever!

/T
 
I suppose they could rebadge still another camera, but really, what's the point? It's certain Leica isn't going to build plastic autofocus cameras. Would it make Leica users happier to see that red dot and pretend the $800 camera was a "real Leica?"
 
What Leica does is irrelevant. The important thing is what can be done with Leica glass. It seems inevitable that someone will make a reducing adapter for the m4/3rds format. Then we will have what's really important in the digital realm - a way to use superb M-mount lenses. For the purists there will still be the "real" Leica rangfinders. This would even benefit Leica if a way could be found to use all of their glass on other digital cameras without a crop factor! And imagine what it would do to the price used Leica glass. Whohoo...

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"I found this thought by Richard..."

That would be me. Leica or Olympus needs to switch their way of thinking. Sure maybe no one will buy Leica lens for a m4/3 rangefinder, but I bet that almost everyone with Leica lens would want to buy a m4/3 rangefinder, especially if there is a crop factor cancellation adapter. Slight image quality loss? Who cares, the G1 is the price of some Leica lenscaps (I may be exaggerate here a little bits)!
 
A crop factor cancellation adapter...hmm, like a reverse teleconverter?

How would this affect image quality? Seems like counter productive to take Leica glass and put another piece of glass in between. And maybe it would also result in light loss, so your 35/2 Summicron would now be a 35/2.8 or something. Thoughts?

How about Leica just make a 17mm/2 Summicron in micro 4/3 mount? 😉
 
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