[Leica] leicanon experiments part 2

[shino at panix.com (Rei Shinozuka)]

further leicanon experiments with a 50 lux and 90 cron.

http://www.shinozuka.org/20070703leicanon/

-rei

> To: "Leica Users Group (LUG)" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: leicanon experiments
> Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 12:17:15 -0400
> From: Rei Shinozuka <shino@panix.com>
> 
> i rented a canon 20D for a week to try out this leicanon thing
> you all are talking about.  i never even held a canon before;
> the 20D with battery grip looks and handles a lot like an R4-7.
> 
> focusing was not easy on the 20D's smallish (compared with an R or SL)
> viewfinder image, but it's probably my problem.  my eyes have never 
> been great--poor eyesight is what pushed me into the M system 
> in the first place.   it would be great to have some kind of magnifier to
> make the focusing image "full size".  maybe it's not a problem with
> full-frame cameras like the 5d.
> 
> the $75 Roxsen EOS-R adapter i used allows the camera's focus 
> confirmation to work--the middle dot in the image blinks red 
> and a red ball illuminates at the lower right of the viewfinder.
> 
> i pretty much stuck to the 80 lux.
> 
> here's what i got yesterday:
> 
> http://www.shinozuka.org/20070630leicanon/
> 
> -rei
 
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Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com
Ridgewood, New Jersey