Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/13
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>>Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 07:07:41 +0800
>>From: Joseph Yao <joseph@yao.com>
>>Subject: Re: [Leica] RE: OT xxx was Mark revisits history
>>
>>Felix,
>>
>>Don't think too hard - the rear element of the Vario Elmar 21-35 will not
>>clear the mirror of the EOS 1Ds (or any EOS film camera).
>>
>>Bests,
>>
>>Joseph
>
>Felix,
>I used a borrowed 21 - 35 Leica zoom on my Canon D60 at the last
>Lugger's dinner in Hong Kong so it will work on the D60 (because of
>the smaller return mirror) but then it is only a 33.6 to 56 zoom
>because of the 1.6 factor of the smaller dimension of the CMOS chip
>compared to 35mm. Maybe we should all wait for the rumored Digital
>R. ;-)
>Howard
>Hong Kong
I'm awaiting, but fearful of the damage it may do to my mortgage ;-)
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