[Leica] Lens Advice

[leicar at q.com (Aram Langhans)]

That would make sense, if I intended to stay with Canon.  Canon is my stop 
gap measure so I can use all my Leica R glass.  I was really thinking of the 
Nikon 400 so that when it finally sinks into  my little brain that there 
will be no real R solution from Leica I could then use the glass on a Nikon 
DSLR, which is probably the route I would take.

So, I really should look at used Canon glass, too.  I do like manual 
focusing and I have become pretty adept as the stop down metering of my R 
glass on my Canon, even with the darn exposure problems as you stop down. 
I'll have to research how far back I can go with Canon glass before I might 
need an adapter, if one exists for the real old stuff.

That said, anybody know about an Olympus 400/4.5?  How it is?

And thanks to all who have replied thusfar.

Aram

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> Common sense....
> A Canon body does not accept a Nikon or Pentax Lens without something done
> to the lens mount.  That means no Auto Diaphragm....
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> You like stopping down the lens for each shot not at full aperture?  What
> happens to the metering system with a non-Canon lens?
>
> If you dislike the answers to the above question:  why take this route? 
> Why
> not look for a compatible Canon lens in your price range?
>
> Or is there nothing?  Tamron? Or other third party lens maker?
>
> PS:  A 280
>
> Frank Filippone
> red735i at earthlink.net
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>
> Having just returned from almost 8 weeks on the road, I think I would have
> liked a bit of a longer lens at times.  Not so often that I want to invest 
> a
> lot of money into the deal.  I am looking at a 300/4ish manual focus lens
> that I can mate to my Canon Rebel XTi.  I have been looking a bit at a 
> Nikon
> 300/4.5 ED-IF and a Pentax screw mount 300/4.  I see both listed in the
> $200-$300 dollar range.  Might be do-able at this price.
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