jdlaing Posted March 1, 2021 Share #1 Posted March 1, 2021 Advertisement (gone after registration) So I thought I’d try an L Mount camera and a few L mount lenses for a while. I have been a Leica M shooter for many years. I put the M in the box and on the shelf for a while. I got a Lumix S1R and a couple of lenses and must say I’m quite pleased with the outcome. The body is bigger and heavier but not that much. It’s a well built body and laid out well for buttons. There are a lot of buttons. The menu system is easy to navigate and the camera is easy to set up. There are lot of settings and features I probably won’t use because I keep it simple. The lenses however are larger than I like with the exception of a few Sigma Contemporary and these are quite nice. I can use my M lenses on it quite readily and that is a bonus and quite pleasurable. One thing I can’t figure out is how the camera knows what focal length M lens is mounted as I am using a dumb adapter and not the Leica version. There is no six bit read by the camera. The focus peaking is good and as fast as I need. Being able to move the focus point with a joystick is nice. I don’t see myself using the touchscreen much at all. With a 35mm Summilux mounted it’s not a very big package at all. The EVF is very good but my preference is still an OVF. One thing that was noticeable to me was the raw files and the jpeg files out of the camera are very close. I was surprised by this. Panasonic doesn’t overwork the jpegs. The files are large but memory and storage are fairly inexpensive. I’ll see how nice they print. More later..... 6 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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douglas ball Posted March 19, 2021 Share #2 Posted March 19, 2021 With a dumb adapter there is no lens information communicated to the camera. With the Leica M adapter it will show only the lens focal length as information. This is not good enough for your Image Stabilization to work. It must know what lens focal length you are using to work properly and the Leica adapter does not inform the image stabilizer of this info.. This can be set in the menu; Go Photo 1, 2; Camera image second from the bottom, 3 Image Stabilization (Click on that and you will see Focal Length Set at bottom. After this is set any time you mount a manual focus lens a message will show when you turn the camera. It will show your last lens setting. You came change this easily if the lens is different. This works very well. Yet having the Leica adapter means you still have to see the Focal Length this way. I have found that with the IBIS I can get great results with a 100 mm lens at as low a shutter speed as 1 sec, hand held. It helps to use the neck strap, push on the camera for added stability, and you can get really good results. It is an amazing camera and works very well with manual focus lens generally. The small M lens such as my 28 Summicron, not as well, but with the 50 /2 and everything longer it works well. I have brought out my old Contax Yashica Zeiss lens which all work very exceptionally well, and I prefer the wt and handling of these to the M lens. I have the C/Y 21 Distagon, the 28 2.8 Distagon, the 50 1.7 Planar, and the 100 /2 Planar. I am going to find a C/Y 85 2.8 Sonnar. The combined weight of the 28, 50 and 85 2.8 will still be less than ons SL Summicron. The results, with the possible exception of shooting wide open, will be comparable above F8 - F11, which is where I shoot most of the time. I love these C/Y lens. I assumed that being older they would not work on the larger sensor, but they still work great. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdlaing Posted March 19, 2021 Author Share #3 Posted March 19, 2021 I have a dumb adapter and when I mount an Uncoded M lens the camera knows the focal length of the last lens set and a message pops up asking me if I want to change it or not. No need to go to,the menu. If I click yes it lets me change it right then and there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanhulsenbeek Posted March 21, 2021 Share #4 Posted March 21, 2021 On 3/19/2021 at 11:18 PM, jdlaing said: I have a dumb adapter and when I mount an Uncoded M lens the camera knows the focal length of the last lens set and a message pops up asking me if I want to change it or not. No need to go to,the menu. If I click yes it lets me change it right then and there. That may be because the camera remembers the last (adapted) lens you set while you put one the same. So does the SL(601). Put on another lens and then you change. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdlaing Posted March 21, 2021 Author Share #5 Posted March 21, 2021 1 hour ago, vanhulsenbeek said: That may be because the camera remembers the last (adapted) lens you set while you put one the same. So does the SL(601). Put on another lens and then you change. Agreed. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdlaing Posted April 8, 2021 Author Share #6 Posted April 8, 2021 I’m working with a 50mm f/0.95 on the S1R and I was pleasantly surprised how easy it is to focus and how well it balances on the body. Pics to follow. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
01maciel Posted October 18, 2021 Share #7 Posted October 18, 2021 Advertisement (gone after registration) Am 19.3.2021 um 23:18 schrieb jdlaing: I have a dumb adapter and when I mount an Uncoded M lens the camera knows the focal length of the last lens set and a message pops up asking me if I want to change it or not. No need to go to,the menu. If I click yes it lets me change it right then and there. Sorry to resurrect the old thread. Whenever I turn on my S1R with a dumb adaptor on it and a mounted Noctilux this message pops up and gets annoying after a while. Can I disable the message somehow? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdlaing Posted October 18, 2021 Author Share #8 Posted October 18, 2021 26 minutes ago, 01maciel said: Sorry to resurrect the old thread. Whenever I turn on my S1R with a dumb adaptor on it and a mounted Noctilux this message pops up and gets annoying after a while. Can I disable the message somehow? Not that I am aware of. I’ll see later today if it can be switched. I kind of like that idea. I think it is because there are no contacts and when the camera is switched on it has no idea if you changed lenses or not. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdlaing Posted October 19, 2021 Author Share #9 Posted October 19, 2021 On 10/18/2021 at 9:44 AM, 01maciel said: Sorry to resurrect the old thread. Whenever I turn on my S1R with a dumb adaptor on it and a mounted Noctilux this message pops up and gets annoying after a while. Can I disable the message somehow? Nope. Not that I can find. I dug into it and looks we’re stuck with that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
01maciel Posted October 19, 2021 Share #10 Posted October 19, 2021 Gerade eben schrieb jdlaing: Nope. Not that I can find. I dug into it and looks we’re stuck with that. I had a look into the manual and the setting of the camera today. It is exactly what I found out too. The message stays in the EVF or monitor when I turn on the camera. That's what I refer to a bad user experience. OK, the rest of the camera isn't too bad;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdlaing Posted October 19, 2021 Author Share #11 Posted October 19, 2021 Just now, 01maciel said: I had a look into the manual and the setting of the camera today. It is exactly what I found out too. The message stays in the EVF or monitor when I turn on the camera. That's what I refer to a bad user experience. OK, the rest of the camera isn't too bad;) I can see where it is useful for in camera lens corrections if that’s what a user wants. Something else I noted you can try: While having the camera turned on and up to your eye……….press the lens release button and watch what happens. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
01maciel Posted October 20, 2021 Share #12 Posted October 20, 2021 (edited) vor 17 Stunden schrieb jdlaing: press the lens release button and watch what happens. Yes, that's what I do all the time, the message disappears. Luckily the "No"-Button is selected by default. One more question re the S1R: do you know the file number of the very first photo you did? By default it starts with P10*.RW2|JPG. My first filename was P1023960.RW2. I am wondering whether my camera has already been used before. Edited October 20, 2021 by 01maciel Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdlaing Posted October 20, 2021 Author Share #13 Posted October 20, 2021 3 hours ago, 01maciel said: Yes, that's what I do all the time, the message disappears. Luckily the "No"-Button is selected by default. One more question re the S1R: do you know the file number of the very first photo you did? By default it starts with P10*.RW2|JPG. My first filename was P1023960.RW2. I am wondering whether my camera has already been used before. I’ll try and find it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrp Posted October 21, 2021 Share #14 Posted October 21, 2021 The S1R will not read Leica’s lens encodings even with Leicas adapter Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
01maciel Posted October 23, 2021 Share #15 Posted October 23, 2021 Am 20.10.2021 um 16:10 schrieb jdlaing: I’ll try and find it. Did you find it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdlaing Posted October 23, 2021 Author Share #16 Posted October 23, 2021 8 hours ago, 01maciel said: Did you find it? Not yet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdlaing Posted October 23, 2021 Author Share #17 Posted October 23, 2021 9 hours ago, 01maciel said: Did you find it? P1000609 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
01maciel Posted October 23, 2021 Share #18 Posted October 23, 2021 vor einer Stunde schrieb jdlaing: P1000609 Thank you- It seems that my camera had a life before we met. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdlaing Posted October 23, 2021 Author Share #19 Posted October 23, 2021 1 hour ago, 01maciel said: Thank you- It seems that my camera had a life before we met. What does the menu report you have for shutter actuations? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
01maciel Posted October 24, 2021 Share #20 Posted October 24, 2021 vor 10 Stunden schrieb jdlaing: What does the menu report you have for shutter actuations? I checked the menu but couldn't find an item for shutter actuations. I use Firmware version 1.9. Is it a hidden feature? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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