Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas, Thanks for the tip/lead. Only Canon and Olympus digital bodies are apparently able to offer the link to other brands of lenses. And, I have a number of very good Leica M lenses (screw and bayonet) which I wish to use on a digital camera. Plus Zeiss lenses for the Contax, The auto- this, that and the other are of much less import to me. Greetings, B. The Hague, The Netherlands. On 18-dec-2005, at 13:29, Douglas Sharp wrote: > Bruce, > No real point unless you are intending to do macro or micro > photography - then there are dozens of adapters for various makes > of bellows (most commonly M39 at the front end as a standard mount) > - for example,take a look at the Novoflex price list > http://www.novoflex.de/english/html/products.htm > If you're not thinking in the way of bellows, then you can use a > Leica screw(M39) to M42 and an M42 to EOS adapter, or Leica-M to > M39,M39 to M42, M42 to Eos. All rather exotic alternatives, and > I've no idea what the > use of them would be. > cheers > Douglas > > bruce wrote: > >> Must I conclude that the 50mm Summicron is R? Does anyone know if >> there is an adapter series for Leica M to EOS? CameraQuest have >> 42mm Pentax screw adapters to EOS ........... but no 39mm bayonet >> or screw Leica to EOS. It should be possible, certainly for the D20. >> >> B. >> The Hague, The Netherlands. >> >> >> On 18-dec-2005, at 12:06, Steve Unsworth wrote: >> >>> I have a Tokina 28-80 'Pro' lens as a 'walk about' lens on my >>> 5D. This is >>> an f2.8 constant aperture lens. I also have a Canon 28mm f2.8 >>> lens. The >>> Canon prime is far, far, better than the zoom wide open and this >>> shows very >>> clearly on the image. >>> >>> Steve >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: lug-bounces+lug=steveunsworth.co.uk@leica-users.org >>> [mailto:lug-bounces+lug=steveunsworth.co.uk@leica-users.org] On >>> Behalf Of >>> Nathan Wajsman >>> Sent: 18 December 2005 07:19 >>> To: Leica Users Group >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] OT or not: dilemma >>> >>> >>> Finally, I do not agree that lenses are becoming less important. >>> I can >>> clearly see the difference on the screen between an inferior lens >>> a good >>> one, and while some things can be fixed in PS, you cannot easily >>> fix things >>> like distortion, colour fringing or chromatic aberration. In >>> fact, I can >>> make the opposite argument: with digital and PS, I can look at >>> each image at >>> 100%, which corresponds to a print size that is way bigger than >>> anything I >>> have ever printed. >>> >>> -- >>> No virus found in this outgoing message. >>> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>> Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.1/206 - Release Date: >>> 16/12/2005 >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information