Fuji officially announces M Adapter...

[GaryLH]

Originally Posted by semilog

...and imprint EXIF data, and automatically do jpeg corrections -- these are very handy things for many people. In addition, centering, flange-to-sensor distance, flange-to-flange parallelism, and mount quality are likely to be held to tighter tolerances than on the aftermarket adapters.

The Kipon XF-to-M adaptor that I got was garbage, with horribly loose machining tolerances. Garbage.

If you look at the prices of premium adapters such as those made by Novoflex, you will not be surprised by the price that Fuji is charging.

+1.

Most of the cheaper adapter makers are going to be hit and miss. The better the manufacturing tolerances and qa, the higher the price is going to be.

If I remember correctly the Voightlander adapters for m43 are in the 150 range. The x mount adapters that Camera Quest sell is over 100 as well..

Fuji is not out of line when u look at other high end makers.

Gary

[GaryLH]

Originally Posted by f16sunshine

I bought a Photodiox Adapter from Precision camera. It's difficult to imaging the official Fuji being a better tool for adapting lenses considering the modest features that adapter will bring. It's not really just a price issue but, one of principle. Why pay Fuji a $150 premium for an adapter that tells the camera what you already know when you mount the lens. Is in camera control of distortion and vignetting recovery better than doing it in PP on a full size computer screen with LR/PS/A3 ..etc ? Those adjustments are done in camera and do not require the adapters contacts anyway. As others have said, I expected more innovation. Focus peaking at the very least seems a simple thing to do. Although again that would be an in camera function and nothing to do with the adapter.

What it seems to boil down to is with the Fuji adapter you pay a $150 premium to select frame lines outside of the camera menu ?? Is that it?

Partially agree with u. An example I bought a Rainbow adapter for m to x mount, I got lucky, infinity focus was right on... I have a Rainbow for an Sony NEX, m to Nex, that one infinity focus was way off.

in terms of the value of the contacts on the adapter, Dante says it best later on in todays posts. But until we get the firmware update and c the new adapter and c the combined effect, the jury is still out

Gary

[GaryLH]

Originally Posted by f16sunshine

All make beautiful images. For Portrait and short to id tele users I sure hope that fuji brings a 2 stage zoom option to the vF magnification.
The current 10x option is nice but too much for 50mm+ lenses when used handheld. On the tripod it's fine.

+1

Yep.. 50mm lenses are just ok. Try holding a 90mm or 135 and u may get dizzy for all the shake and motion blur. A lower magnication option based on the focal length would be a nice firmware update.

I also use jsrock's advice of manual metering and let auto iso select the right ISO for best exposure to ensure I have the right shutter speed for the lens.

Gary

[froyd]

So, nobody here has tried the adapter yet? Curious to hear the results.

[punctum]

Hi
Just got the call from my dealer and paid for my Fuji M adapter. Should be with me in the morning. I sold my M mount wide angles and ra4 to pay for
the x-pro1 so I'm left with Canon 50 f1.4, Minolta 50 f1.8 and f2 and Rollei
Sonnar 40 f2.8 Nokton 40 f1.4. Also Canon 85 f1.8 a recent deal that looks
excellent even with kipon adapter.

Sven