[Leica] lenses that shouldn't

[grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)]

Rei,

I think the 5D is the one which has a problem with R WA lenses.  Although I 
have been looking at my 24 and it seems to look like it would clear the 5D 
mirror, but I have yet to try it, as I don't have a 5D.

gene


-------------- Original message from Rei Shinozuka <shino@panix.com>: 
-------------- 


> 
> 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 ----- 
> 
> To: "Leica Users Group (LUG)" 
> Subject: leicanon experiments 
> Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 12:17:15 -0400 
> From: Rei Shinozuka 
> 
> 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 ----- 
> 
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> Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com 
> Ridgewood, New Jersey 
> 
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