EPIC + Leica-M + Pier 59

[Josh Beadle]

Any opinions on what SLR size/weight, F1.X lenses are the best for Epic. I have a set of Canon F1.2-2.0 primes now from my still shooting days - is that the best there is?

[A_Love]

Congrats ! That's a nice set up. Enjoy !

[Steve Wake]

Remember.. anything wider than a 35mm Leica-M is going to be optically not so great when paired to the EPIC.. The Ray angles are so extreme they just do not work with sensors who's micro mirrors were designed for tele centric or quasi-telecentric lenses.

Implications of using rangefinder lenses on digital sensors designed for use with SLR (tele-centric) lenses include off-center color shift : http://diglloyd.com/articles/LeicaM/...-RayAngle.html The example is a Zeiss wide on a Leica M9 sensor, but the cause of the problem is the extreme ray angles and mismatch with the sensor microlenses - a mismatch that is worse, with similar results, when rangefinder lenses are used with SLRs. The particular way the problem shows itself in the posted photo is also a result of a mismatch/problem with Leica's in-camera firmware correction.

There are many more problems, all discussed at length on the diglloyd website. Poke around there if you like technical explanations.

[David Rasberry]

Implications of using rangefinder lenses on digital sensors designed for use with SLR (tele-centric) lenses include off-center color shift : http://diglloyd.com/articles/LeicaM/...-RayAngle.html The example is a Zeiss wide on a Leica M9 sensor, but the cause of the problem is the extreme ray angles and mismatch with the sensor microlenses - a mismatch that is worse, with similar results, when rangefinder lenses are used with SLRs. The particular way the problem shows itself in the posted photo is also a result of a mismatch/problem with Leica's in-camera firmware correction.

There are many more problems, all discussed at length on the diglloyd website. Poke around there if you like technical explanations.

This is why support for .R3D raw in photo processing programs like Lightroom would be useful. Profiling and batch processing clips for specific lens/sensor matches would be useful in some circumstances.

[Josh Beadle]

Implications of using rangefinder lenses on digital sensors designed for use with SLR (tele-centric) lenses include off-center color shift : http://diglloyd.com/articles/LeicaM/...-RayAngle.html The example is a Zeiss wide on a Leica M9 sensor, but the cause of the problem is the extreme ray angles and mismatch with the sensor microlenses - a mismatch that is worse, with similar results, when rangefinder lenses are used with SLRs. The particular way the problem shows itself in the posted photo is also a result of a mismatch/problem with Leica's in-camera firmware correction.

There are many more problems, all discussed at length on the diglloyd website. Poke around there if you like technical explanations.

I get it now. Bummer . . . that 21mm 1.4 would look sexy on an Epic.

[charles lim yi yong]

wow really? so it's the sensor . real shame.
But I have been using the leica summilux 50 1.4 apsh with great success.

[Tom Lowe]

Will this mount be ready by late May? Very excited about this.

[KETCH ROSSi]

Will this mount be ready by late May? Very excited about this.

I think as Jarred said might not be till June... :(

Was really looking forward to use my Noctilux .95 and 90mm 2.0 lenses this week, but I guess will have to wait till summer.

[Jannard]

Blame Leica on the extended elements towards the sensor... :-)

We are working on it.

Jim

[Milan Nikolic]

After all it seams that RED and LEICA is mariage made in haven! Thanks Sanjin for first introduction. I hope that You will continue your valuable service for this community. Puno hvala i sve najbolje!