Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What makes the novaflex adaptor difficult to remove? Frank - -------Original Message------- From: Ken Lai <ken@compose.com.hk> Sent: 07/08/03 01:09 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Canon adapter for R lenses > > Can anyone confirm if the 15 f3.5 or current 19 can be used on the 10D? Also which adapter would be better? Would Steve Gandy's adapter easier to remove than the Novoflex? On Tuesday, July 8, 2003, at 12:49 PM, telyt@earthlink.net wrote: > Ken Lai <ken@compose.com.hk> wrote: > >> Novoflex has such an adapter but their tech guy said you can't use the >> 15mm super elmar nor 19mm elmarit lenses on Canon SLR bodies >> and you have to do stop-down metering. > > As I hear it the 15 and current 19 (and a few other lenses) can't be > used > on the EOS *film* cameras or the EOS 1Ds, but the digital bodies with > snesors smaller than 24mm x 36mm also have a smaller mirror which > does not interfere with these lenses. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web - Check your email from the web at > http://mail2web.com/ . > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > Regards, Ken Lai - -------------------------------------------- Technical Director Compose System Limited TEL 852-2811-4228 FAX 852-2811-2263 http://www.compose.com.hk - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html