Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Again, I guess people's experiences may vary, but I have not experienced the problems being discussed with my 100mm Apo Macro, neither on Canon nor on Olympus DSLRs. Nathan On 19-mrt-2008, at 3:00, Frank Filippone wrote: > It sounds like the metering still thinks there is a Canon lens on > it, which > has an aperture the camera can change on command. > > Not true with the Leica lenses..... the aperture is manual and the > camera > can not adjust it. > > How to fix it? Ask someone that has one..... > > Frank Filippone > red735i@earthlink.net > > Gene. > > Yep there are exposure problems. I have 6 Leica lenses and all > give the > correct exposure on my Canon XTi at full aperature, but when I stop > the lens > down, they all tend to over-expose. The more I stop down, the more > over-exposure I get. I see this in both manual mode and with AE > mode. It > does not matter if the lens is 2, 2.8 or 4 wide open. they all > give the > correct exposure wide open. > > I have tried them on my friends 20D with the same results. David > Young > reports the same thing with is Olympus E3 and I think with his > Canon 40D > before that. So, there is someting going on that needs to be > compensated > for. The problem is that it is not a simple -.3 setting or something > because the difference increases the more you stop down. That is > why I only > use my Leica lenses on my Canon for shots that I can take the time > and view > and make changes when needed. > > The focus confirmation part works out quite well. And the 24mm > makes some > quite nice photos on the Canon. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > Nathan Wajsman nathan@nathanfoto.com General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.frozenlight.eu Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog Book: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/128276