Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/04

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Subject: [Leica] leicanon experiments part 2
From: shino at panix.com (Rei Shinozuka)
Date: Wed Jul 4 17:56:08 2007
References: <20070704143141.GX29997@panix.com> <000701c7be91$15c9cab0$6601a8c0@asus930> <82c9dd70707041648s633a3b8x6fc9d5c43528293d@mail.gmail.com>

i got mine from everybody's favorite auction site
search for "focus confirmation leica canon" (check box "search
title and description") distributed by roxsen

it was $75 including shipping.

-rei

On Jul04 19:48, Eric Korenman wrote:
> cool - please explain how to find an adapter that will allow focus
> confirmation.
> 
> thanks,
> Eric
> 
> On 7/4/07, G Hopkinson <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> >
> >Gorgeous, Rei. Sunshine smiles and smooth professional images.
> >I wonder if I could overcome my Canon prejudices? A bonus is that the R
> >glass seems to be much undervalued, too. At least around
> >this part of the world.
> >
> >Cheers
> >Hoppy
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Subject: [Leica] leicanon experiments part 2
> >
> >
> >further leicanon experiments with a 50 lux and 90 cron.
> >
> >http://www.shinozuka.org/20070703leicanon/
> >
> >-rei
> >
> >> To: "Leica Users Group (LUG)" <lug@leica-users.org>
> >> Subject: leicanon experiments
> >> Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 12:17:15 -0400
> >> From: Rei Shinozuka <shino@panix.com>
> >>
> >> 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
> >
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-- 
Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com
Ridgewood, New Jersey


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