adrianw Posted October 11, 2012 Share #1 Posted October 11, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) I have read all the posts about the EVF with some interest, but for me the virtue for the M will be live view with the attendant possibility of using extension tubes for close ups; hopefully tilt/shift lenses and maybe an extender for a bit of longer focal length flexibility as 90% of my work is landscape. I am finding the M9 superb for that - the results with an ancient 50mm Summicron are, I think, better then on my 5DII with only manual focus L lenses. Any manipulation in LR4 is pretty redundant. I also do jazz musicians in difficult locations and the ability to use a long lens where I can actually see what I am doing and having 6400 ISO to play with is attractive. But I wonder if these things will be available. Stopping down manually seems tedious and slow. I am unsure that I will be able to use an adapter to take my marvelous 24 and 90mm TS-E Canon lenses. Sorry to be so lengthy, but if it can do this stuff I want one yesterday, if not I might have to hang on to the Canon and use it when necessary. Thanks adrianw Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hausen17 Posted October 12, 2012 Share #2 Posted October 12, 2012 I sold my 24TS-E when I sold my Canon gear. God that would be a dream to use a tilt-shift lens on new M. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brill64 Posted October 12, 2012 Share #3 Posted October 12, 2012 plenty of people here shoot jazz very effectively with their m's. i'll also wing it from time to time by using a tilt-shift lens & adapter on my m9..several guys do actually..it's a bit of jiggerypokerey but does work effectively when needed. I imagine you can probably find an m-ef mount somewhere online if you google it. of course, it will be even easier on the new M-nothing with live view & focus peaking, besides, pc lenses aren't cheap to replace these days. "the right tools for the job" bodes particularly well, especially if it's what you do a lot of so i'd say that for the meantime, keep that slr & your lenses handy if you need accuracy, speed & convenience in your work.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
swamiji Posted October 12, 2012 Share #4 Posted October 12, 2012 Just for your information, Leica did make a Tilt-shift lens for the "R" system. Which should be very nice on the new M. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
giordano Posted October 12, 2012 Share #5 Posted October 12, 2012 Just for your information, Leica did make a Tilt-shift lens for the "R" system. Which should be very nice on the new M. What Leica R lens are you referring to? The PA-Curtagon-R and PC-Super-Angulon-R didn't tilt and AFAIK weren't made by Leica. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
swamiji Posted October 12, 2012 Share #6 Posted October 12, 2012 (edited) What Leica R lens are you referring to? The PA-Curtagon-R and PC-Super-Angulon-R didn't tilt and AFAIK weren't made by Leica. Ok Ok, if you want to get picky. I was referring to the 28mm f/2.8 PC-Super-Angulon-R. It is a tilt-shift with a red dot and a R mount. Yes it was made by Schneider-Kreuznach, which is a lot better than Minolta or Sigma. That is always a problem with R lenses, which were made by Leica and which were OEM's, it's not always clear, but their can be a huge difference in quality. Edited October 12, 2012 by swamiji Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
giordano Posted October 12, 2012 Share #7 Posted October 12, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Ok Ok, if you want to get picky. I was referring to the 28mm f/2.8 PC-Super-Angulon-R. It is a tilt-shift with a red dot and a R mount. The 28mm f/2.8 PC-Super-Angulon-R that I know shifts but does not tilt. Do you know what you are talking about? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
swamiji Posted October 12, 2012 Share #8 Posted October 12, 2012 Do you know what you are talking about? Just trying to be helpful, thats more than you're doing. I tried one out, but did not buy it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobey bilek Posted October 13, 2012 Share #9 Posted October 13, 2012 28 & 35 were shift only, no tilt. Mine were adapted to Nikon and I use them all the time on full frame Nikons. They convert back with ease. I think the tilt function is worthless because it is not independent of the shift function like a real view camera. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomv Posted October 13, 2012 Share #10 Posted October 13, 2012 A Canon FD T+S lens with an FD - M adapter perhaps? (see Cameraquest and the likes) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted October 14, 2012 Share #11 Posted October 14, 2012 The throat on the new M may not be large enough to use a tilt shift lens, especially when you take into account the R to M spacer. The R if you recall, had a particularly large throat/bayonet diameter. Wilson 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrianw Posted October 17, 2012 Author Share #12 Posted October 17, 2012 Thanks all for the input. AdrianW Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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