Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/27

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Subject: [Leica] Back to Leica R lenses- instead of Panasonic lust
From: jonathan at openhealth.org (Jonathan Borden)
Date: Mon Feb 27 07:00:34 2006
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Tina,
> At 09:45 PM 2/26/2006, you wrote:
>> I mentioned that some photogs were using the Leica lenses via  
>> adapter- and lo and behold- there is a comparison written up. You  
>> can read the end of the article at the newstand in a few minutes  
>> without buying the mag. Stasys
>
> Yes, Mark Dubovoy says in the article that the combination of the  
> Canon digital body and the Leica lenses is unbeatable - it is truly  
> state of the art.  But we knew that ;-)   Don't just read the  
> article at the newsstand.  Buy it.  Photo Techniques is one of the  
> few photo magazines worth subscribing to.

How does it work using R lenses in "stop down mode" with an EOS. Do  
you have to focus wide open, and then manually stop down the lens  
before shooting? Is this cumbersome?

Jonathan

Replies: Reply from douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp) ([Leica] Back to Leica R lenses- instead of Panasonic lust)
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