Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/29

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Subject: [Leica] Digital Module R
From: bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen)
Date: Mon Nov 29 07:34:40 2004

Let me make a suggestion to those of you who are considering an
alternative to the Digital back...
Thing seriously about either the EOS MarkII or the D1...Yes, they are
infinitely more expensive than the D20. And, yes, you'll get great
results with the D20. But IF you were or are planning to spend $4-6K on
the digital back (and I mention the higher price because the dollar
seems to be heading for the basement against the Euro, which means the
price of the digi back has to be going up as we speak), you might
consider the higher end Canons, which will be more likely to give you
want you're looking for in terms of results. Frankly, the D20 might well
provide an image as good as that the digi back will produce, but who
knows. And I would suggest that the Mark II and the D1 or D1s will have
better viewfinders than the D20 - but they may well not be up to R8/9
standards. (But then no SLR is. ;-))

Actually, the D1 or D1s is probably the way to go, because it will give
you the fullframe 35 sensor, which seems to be what most people here
want...

B. D.

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Ken Lassiter
Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 8:59 PM
To: lug@leica-users.org
Subject: [Leica] Digital Module R


Like many of you, I am disappointed at the new delays for the Digital 
Module for the R cameras.  I do not want to wait up to another year to 
get a digital SLR and I don't want to deal with the limitations of my 
Canon G5 digital for serious work for that long either. So I am 
considering a Canon 20D with adapter for my R lenses.  I think I will 
get the basic Canon  17-85 mm zoom with Image Stabilization although it 
is a bit slow. (The G-5 has an f/2.0 lens!)

I have not yet been able to find and handle a 20D.  So I have some 
questions:

Has anyone used a 20D yet with R lenses?  
How is the viewfinder?  
Is the viewfinder bright enough for manual focussing?
How is the shutter lag?
What are the advantages and downsides of this approach?

Any experience and advice anyone can offer will be much appreciated.

Ken Lassiter, Boynton Beach, FL
 


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