I spent $20 on a dummy Leica M to Nikon 1 adapter. It is essentially an extension tube with the Nikon 1 bayonet on one end, and the Leica M bayonet on the other. I am using my wife's J1 in manual mode, shooting RAW. There is no meter and MF of course. I actually pulled out my handheld meter for a ballpark exposure, and then fine tuned by chimping. Shooting RAW gives a bit of flexibility as well.
So if you get the adapter, you get to use your other lens, in this case a Leica M 35mm f2 Asph, with its quality and character. This particular lens acts like a 94.5mm for FOV, so great for portraits; and with the fast f2 aperture, a bit better DOF control and low light possibilities.
The compromise you make is the loss of metering, VR, AF, EXIF data, movie mode, and any sort of auto-exposure mode.
I would say that if you have the lenses already and you want to use them, it's worth the $20 if you are okay with the aggravation. I wouldn't think that it is a good idea to go out and buy lenses for other systems with the sole purpose of putting on a Nikon 1 camera.
Jeremy
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So if you get the adapter, you get to use your other lens, in this case a Leica M 35mm f2 Asph, with its quality and character. This particular lens acts like a 94.5mm for FOV, so great for portraits; and with the fast f2 aperture, a bit better DOF control and low light possibilities.
The compromise you make is the loss of metering, VR, AF, EXIF data, movie mode, and any sort of auto-exposure mode.
I would say that if you have the lenses already and you want to use them, it's worth the $20 if you are okay with the aggravation. I wouldn't think that it is a good idea to go out and buy lenses for other systems with the sole purpose of putting on a Nikon 1 camera.
Jeremy
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Kitty resting by jcAOY, on Flickr
