Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i got mine from everybody's favorite auction site search for "focus confirmation leica canon" (check box "search title and description") distributed by roxsen it was $75 including shipping. -rei On Jul04 19:48, Eric Korenman wrote: > cool - please explain how to find an adapter that will allow focus > confirmation. > > thanks, > Eric > > On 7/4/07, G Hopkinson <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > > > >Gorgeous, Rei. Sunshine smiles and smooth professional images. > >I wonder if I could overcome my Canon prejudices? A bonus is that the R > >glass seems to be much undervalued, too. At least around > >this part of the world. > > > >Cheers > >Hoppy > > > >-----Original Message----- > >Subject: [Leica] leicanon experiments part 2 > > > > > >further leicanon experiments with a 50 lux and 90 cron. > > > >http://www.shinozuka.org/20070703leicanon/ > > > >-rei > > > >> To: "Leica Users Group (LUG)" <lug@leica-users.org> > >> Subject: leicanon experiments > >> Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 12:17:15 -0400 > >> From: Rei Shinozuka <shino@panix.com> > >> > >> i rented a canon 20D for a week to try out this leicanon thing > >> you all are talking about. i never even held a canon before; > >> the 20D with battery grip looks and handles a lot like an R4-7. > >> > >> focusing was not easy on the 20D's smallish (compared with an R or SL) > >> viewfinder image, but it's probably my problem. my eyes have never > >> been great--poor eyesight is what pushed me into the M system > >> in the first place. it would be great to have some kind of magnifier > >to > >> make the focusing image "full size". maybe it's not a problem with > >> full-frame cameras like the 5d. > >> > >> the $75 Roxsen EOS-R adapter i used allows the camera's focus > >> confirmation to work--the middle dot in the image blinks red > >> and a red ball illuminates at the lower right of the viewfinder. > >> > >> i pretty much stuck to the 80 lux. > >> > >> here's what i got yesterday: > >> > >> http://www.shinozuka.org/20070630leicanon/ > >> > >> -rei > > > >-- > >Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com > >Ridgewood, New Jersey > > > >_______________________________________________ > >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 -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey