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Subject: [Leica] boring question: canon lens on R8?
From: faneuil at gmail.com (Eric Korenman)
Date: Fri Mar 17 12:44:09 2006
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much thanks to all who replied.

Eric


On 3/16/06, leicaluvr@comcast.net <leicaluvr@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Sorry if someone's already said this, but an R lens works on an eos with
> an adapter because the flange-to-film distance is shorter on the eos than
> the R body by the thickness of the adapter.  It wouldn't focus to infinity
> the other way around.  No R to NIKON b/c difference is too small to be able
> to fit the adapter in there.
>
> That was one of the justifications for making a new lens mount for Canon
> AF - shorter  flange-to-film and wider diameter flange is more versatile 
> for
> wideangle and high speed lenses.
>
> Tom Schofield
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "Eric Korenman" <faneuil@gmail.com>
> > thanks - but I was hoping to use it with my DMR.
> > Eric
> >
> >
> > On 3/14/06, Douglas Herr <telyt@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > bruce <bruce@ralgo.nl> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Alternatively -  and more sensibly - why not just buy
> > > > a "user" 2nd hand Nikon or Canon
> > > > body? This would be a much cheaper way to go, no?"
> > >
> > > Buy two, one for backup.
> > >
> > >
> > > Doug Herr
> > > Birdman of Sacramento
> > > http://www.wildlightphoto.com
> > >
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