[Leica] Canon 20D ;-)

[tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant)]

Hey nice to see you're still up! ;-) Thanks a bunch for the quick response.

So it looks like I will wait for the first adapter, see how I make out with 
manual focusing and go from there.

Earlier today for a fleeting moment I thought, " well if you are going to do 
this digital stuff get another 20D and then you wouldn't have to fool around 
switching lenses."  Then truth hit me, "Like what for? You're not running 
around the world like twenty years ago, well OK two years ago. ;-) Take your 
time, so you change a lens, big deal." :-) So the "more than one" was 
dismissed very quickly! So I'll change lenses. :-)

I think the most exciting, interesting, whatever one wishes to call it is, 
simply shooting and seeing whatever the subject is within split seconds! :-) 
Love it, even more so than watching a print begin to appear on paper.

>>I never liked zoom lenses but the 16-35 and the 24-70 are really good 
>>lenses. <<<<<<<<

I bought the 16-35 and knew it was a lens I could love to use as soon as I 
put the camera to my eye in the store, as it was.."Wow, neat framing, zoom 
range and feel." Sandy I believe has the 24-70.  I also picked up the 50mm 
f1.8 simply because it was "cheap" as lenses go.

Henning had sent me an e that he had one, was quite pleased with the cutting 
ability and used it where the 16-35 was a tad short. Now of course when the 
adapter gets here I may find ... "well stupid you should've waited until the 
adapter got here." ;-)

I have yet to try it, but I think at a basketball game tomorrow after school 
we'll give it a try. Particularly with the autofocus. :-)

>>> Have fun and let me know what you think!<<<<

You bet. Thanks again.

regards,
ted





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tina Manley" <images@InfoAve.Net>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Canon 20D ;-)


> At 09:50 PM 12/2/2004, you wrote:
>>Canon 20D! :-) :-) :-)
>>
>>Hi Tina,
>>It's a whole new world out here! :-) Dang I'm having more fun than a 
>>barrel of monkeys! :-) The same kind of fun and awe feelings of the very 
>>beginning times of learning photography. :-)
>
> It really does make a difference to see what you get immediately!  I love 
> it.
>
>>I have the Leica-EOS adapter on order from Stephen Gandy, hopefully it'll 
>>be here early next week. I wondered if I shouldn't have ordered more than 
>>one and put them on the Leica lenses I would use most.
>
> I got two and keep one on the 80/1.4 and one on the 19/2.8.  Occasionally, 
> I change and put them on the 60 or 100 Macros.  They aren't too hard to 
> change and I usually know if I'm going to be using the macros ahead of 
> time.
>
>>   The other thought I had was, I'd see how well I worked with the Leica 
>> lenses doing manual focus on the tiny screen viewfinder, or look at a few 
>> fast Canon auto-focus lenses. Simply because the auto-focus is so fast 
>> and right on the mark it's quite amazing. Besides, I'm sure my tired old 
>> "one eye" ;-) is slipping sharpness slightly even with the R8 and it's 
>> brilliant screen as I seem to take longer to feel I'm right on the mark 
>> sharp.
>
> The Canon lenses are better than I imagined.  Especially the L lenses. 
> The auto-focus is extremely fast and accurate.  I still like the color and 
> sharpness of the R lenses, but it's sometimes hard to tell the difference! 
> When I'm taking photos of my constantly in motion grandchildren, you just 
> can't beat the auto-focus lenses.  There's no way I could focus the R 
> lenses on them unless the kids are asleep!!
>
>
> Tina
>
>
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