imagemeister Loc: mid east Florida

You could save some money and weight ( I think ) with the Nikkor 200mm macro if you do not absolutely NEED the f2 speed.

It may be the sharpest lens on the planet - according to Ken Rockwell ....see his review.

dmsM43

I've been using old Canon rangefinder lenses on my Olympus E-M1. While they aren't as good as your Leica M lenses, they probably work about the same way. I have found that my 35mm f1.5, 50mm f1.4, 100mm f3.5, and 135mm f3.5 all work just fine, but anything wider, such as a 28mm f2.8 or 19mm f3.5 do not. Also, you are using full frame lenses on a crop sensor camera. To get full benefit of those lenses capabilities, I use my Sony A7R body, although, again anything wider than 35mm doesn't work very well. The 28mm is usable if you crop the edges, but the 19mm only works for close-ups. I would guess that the 28mm would work just fine on one of the Leica full frame bodies, such as the M9 or 240.

danieljcox Loc: Bozeman, Montana

What's really exciting about the new Craft Camera is the ability to piece it all together. If the sensor changes, you don't have to rebut the entire system. Craft is about to give RED a run for their money and do to RED what RED did to Sony, Panasonic and other high end video camera producers. Paula interesting is the fact at some point we won't be thinking about camras as video or stills, they will just be cameras which is what Lumix is already doing. Really exciting times in the world of producing interesting images.

Shadetree Loc: Chattanooga, TN

You could get an electronic viewfinder for your Pen and be looking through the lens. The adapted lenses work really well on the M43 cameras and I have several I have used on my E-M5 and the 40mm f2 Summicron is one of them and it does a good job when I do my part.

19104 Loc: Philadelphia

Well a bit of background. I love extreme wide angle lenses. I Have wide angle lens for every format from 8x10 to 35mm. Unfortunately they have yet to make a full frame digital backs in any other format. (Can you imagine the IQ of a full frame 4x5 or 8x10 back, But i digress. ) That is the reason why I settled on a full frame camera DSLR. The widest readily available lenses are made for full frame digital sensors. That is the reason that I do like cropped sensor cameras. The 4/3 cameras double the the apparent focal length of the lens. So htere is no Joy for me in 4/3 cameras.

Unfortunately i can not bring my self to spend $7000 on a leica M digital body.

Some body mentioned the Leica DMR back for R8 has three things against it. Its a cropped sensor, its only 10 mP and there are no parts avaible for repair. yet they are still around $3000 .

So with an adapter I can use my M lenses on a 4/3 camera there is no real joy for me

19104 Loc: Philadelphia

I have one and I still dont like it

DavidT Loc: Maryland

I, too, got into the m4/3rds system because I had four Leica M-mount lenses (35, 50, 90, and 135) sitting around from the old film days. I wasn't enamored with the use of Leica lenses on earlier m4/3rds models (e.g., GF1 or EP5) until I got the digital PEN-F, in part, because the PEN-F has a decent built-in EVF. My favorite Leica lens on the PEN-F is the 135/4 Tele-Elmar. For its tiny size, you get an equivalent of a 270mm lens...with incredible detail and good close-up capability. The PEN-F has 5-axis IBIS, so I can shoot the 135/4 hand held with a shutter speed as low as 1/8 sec. I know it's an additional expense, but the thought of having a slew of Leica lenses sitting around unused is quite painful.

19104 Loc: Philadelphia

What is the point of your post. I didn't say anything about a macro lens. Do u own the 200 macro.