Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i happened to have a 30D on loan. while musing at the mount of the 50 lux versus my 24 elmarit, it occured to me that the 24 didn't really seem to protrude much further back than the 50. so in a fit of courage, i tried it with the roxsen adapter and was surprised that the combination took exposures and didn't foul the mirror. -rei ----- Forwarded message from Rei Shinozuka <shino@panix.com> ----- 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 ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey