Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The bottom of the range EOS 300D also has the pentamirror, I find it extremely clear but a little dimmer than I like. What I'm looking for is some kind of magnifier for it. When I'm using certain lenses I get the impression that the "jump" into focus is just not there. I read that the pentaprism on the other Canons is a bit dim too but I can't confirm this. The other problem with "less-than-full-frame" sensors is camera shake, it looks like this is increased by a factor of 1.6 too. All in all an excellent entry level DSLR, even if it takes a while to wake up when you switch it on. Apparently it has exactly the same innards as the 10D, only the software has been limited in some functions. (BTW the reviews of the new 20D are fantastic here in Germany). So far I've tried the following R lenses on it without any problems: 21/4,0 , 28/2,8, 35/2, 50/2, 100/4 Macro and 250/4 Telyt and the Novoflex 400mm All using the Novoflex adapter, which is often tough to get off the lens mount, the locking pin sticks on some lenses and requires a bit of help before it releases properly (maybe 'cos it's new). Similarly no problems with Tamron Adaptall mount lenses, Pentacon, Fujica,Pentax and Sigma and Maksutov mirror lenses (HAMA M42-adapter) Anything with a T2 mount works ok too. A Z?rk adapter for Contax/Yashica mount is next on the shopping list. The EF-S 18-55 zoom supplied with the EOS300D is also a lot better than it looks and feels. Not brilliant but pretty good. Douglas Slobodan Dimitrov schrieb: >While we're on the subject of the 10D. It seems that the 20D has a >penta-mirror instead of a penta-prism like the 10D. >Has anyone tried to see the differences, ease or difficulty, in focusing >between the two when using the R lenses? >S. Dimitrov > > > > > >>From: Tina Manley <images@InfoAve.Net> >>Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >>Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 20:52:50 -0400 >>To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >>Subject: Re: [Leica] R Lens on EOS Body >> >>At 04:40 PM 10/29/2004 -0500, you wrote: >> >> >>>Tina offers to Karen: >>> >>> >>> >>>>I love using the 19/2.8 and the 80/1.4 on the Canon 10D. >>>> >>>> >>>Well, Tina, Stephen Gandy >>>(http://www.cameraquest.com/frames/4saleReos.htm) says the 19 won't work. >>> >>>Please tell me he's wrong! >>> >>>--Bob >>> >>> >>Bob - >> >>There may be two versions of the 19/2.8, but mine works fine with the >>Novoflex adapter. I use it all the time! I had read, too, that the rear >>element was too deep, but someone else suggested trying it, so I did and >>I've never had a problem. There is plenty of room for the mirror to flip >>up. The 19 gives you about a 30 with the 1.6 multiplier. >> >>Tina >> >> >>Tina Manley, ASMP >>www.tinamanley.com >> >> >>http://www.pdiphotos.com >>http://www.workbookstock.com >>http://www.newscom.com >>http://www.americanphotojournalist.com >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>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 > > > -- Ihre bevorzugten Shops, hilfreiche Einkaufs-Hilfen und gro?artige Geschenk Ideen. Erleben Sie das Vergn?gen online einzukaufen mit Shop@Netscape! http://shopping.netscape.de/shopping/