Panasonic Lumix G1 Micro 4/3 SLR: The Poor Man's Leica M8!

[Sanjin Jukic]

With DMC-GH1 G Micro System you can get MICRO 4/3 System Adapters:

then get Voigtlander Leica M Micro 4/3 Digital Lens Adapters $149

or

CameraQuest Canon FD/FL Adapters $175.

So you could choose pretty good and cheap high speed lenses.

The Panasonic Lumix G1 mounting the Voigtlander 50/1.5 and the Canon 50/1.2, 50mm DOF and 100mm FOV.

G1 mounting Voigtlander 12/5.6, pretty wide-angle lens, 12mm DOF and 24mm FOV!!!

"AS STRANGE AS THIS SEEMS: The relatively low cost Micro 4/3 electronic viewfinder SLRs like the Panasonic G1

have become the "Poor Man's Leica M8" as they are only the 3rd digital camera platform to be able to use Leica M and Leica Screw mount lenses!

· Panasonic makes a 4/3 to Micro 4/3 adapter. That adapter can be combined with the existing CameraQuest 4/3 adapters to use

Nikon SLR lenses, Leica R lenses, Contax/Yashica lenses, Pentax K lenses, Pentax M42 lenses, Rollei SL 35 lenses, Topcon / Exakta lenses, Minolta MD lenses.

· Remember your Leica M Lens adapter works well with the first Micro 4/3 camera to hit the market, the Panasonic Lumix G1.

Field of View is 1/2 that of 35mm cameras: Micro 4/3 cameras have a much smaller format than 35mm cameras.

A 50mm lens via adapter on your Micro 4/3 camera will still be a 50 mm lens, BUT its field of view will be halved

down the field of view of a 100mm lens. A 25mm adapted lens has the field of view of a 35mm format 50mm lens, etc."

Also I "heard" and even saw that somebody made even PL mount for Panasonic Lumix GH1 (HD video) Micro 4/3 SLR !!!?

LINK>>>

 

[Adrian Frearson]

Sanjin,

Panasonic are now making there own Leica R and M to micro 4/3 adapters, here is a link to the DPreview article. Didn't know if you were aware of this, but it says to me that they are very serious at pushing this camera to Leica users.

 

[David Rasberry]

Here is a forum that has some stills posted from G1 with cine lenses and adapters.

http://forum.getdpi.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7113

 

[Todd Folts]

so a 50mm 1.4 is roughly the equivalent of a 100mm 1.4, right?

hmm i have some t* glass sitting around doing nothing....

 

[Sanjin Jukic]

Sanjin,

Panasonic are now making there own Leica R and M to micro 4/3 adapters, here is a link to the DPreview article. Didn't know if you were aware of this, but it says to me that they are very serious at pushing this camera to Leica users.

Adrian,

very good and I've got it!!!

As we know well Leica glass is pretty good and some people said is the best!!!

Leica M and Leica R mounts for Panasonic Lumix GH1 Micro 4/3 SLR.