Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/02

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Subject: [Leica] Question about Canon
From: mail at gpsy.com (Karen Nakamura)
Date: Wed Feb 2 15:25:47 2005
References: <42003078.10604@cox.net><002801c5092d$3cb74830$ef279d18@jmkoe5a1bcadh4> <6.2.1.2.2.20050202144955.044b3620@mail.screengang.com>
 
At 2:51 PM +0100 05.2.2, Didier Ludwig wrote:
>Afaik you can mount Leica R, but not M, lenses with the right 
>adapter. Manual focus und aperture, of course.

Yes, it'll work. The one caveat is that the focusing screen on the 
Rebel is designed for autofocus screens -- i.e., it's bright but not 
very contrasty, so it'll be a bit tough to focus properly. But with 
some practice, it works fine.

Karen


Karen Nakamura
http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/
http://www.photoethnography.com/blog/

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