RE: [Leica] R Lenses on Canon bodies?

["Phong" <phong@doan-ltd.com>]

Howard,

With such adapters, you lose some functionalities,
most notably auto-focus, and metering is stop down only.
Also, not all R lenses can be adapted to all EOS
bodies.

Stephen Gandy (http://www.cameraquest.com/adaptnew.htm)
has more details, and also sells the adapters.

I have used such an adapter with my R lens on a Canon D30,
and then Canon 10D, and the biggest problem I have is
manual focus is tiring on the eyes,  as the viewfinder
of these cameras are not optimized for manual focusing.
It is quite a change, a very disappointing one, if you
compare with the Leica R8, for example.  I assume when
I upgrade to the 1Ds, I could change to a focus
screen designed for manual focusing.

Hope that helps,

- - Phong



Howard Ritter wrote:
>
> Pardon my ignorance, but once again in this forum I see reference to using
> Leica R lenses on Canon SLR bodies. Intriguing idea, of course, given the
> reviews that Canon's CMOS-sensor implementation has gotten--not to mention
> the possibility of a quick and affordable route to digital for us
> owners of
> R gear.
>
> But--how is this done? Surely no mechanical adapter would be possible, and
> Canon wouldn't have adopted the Leica R mounting architecture for its SLRs
> (or would that be vice-versa?), would they? Or is one of my assumptions
> incorrect?
>
> --howard

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