Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]15 Super Elmar 21 Super Angulon f4 24 Elmarit 35 Summilux 35 Summicron 50 Summilux 50 Summicron 60 Macro Elmarit 80 Summilux 100 Apo Macro Elmarit 180 Apo Elmarit 400 and 560 6.8 Telyt heads. On my DMR all work perfectly with 1.37 crop On my Can5D full frame: 15 will work but not focused at infinity (careful use) 21 works at infinity 24 will work but not focused at infinity (careful use) 35 cron works at infinity 35 lux will not work well unless you're focusing at 4 feet or less. 50 cron works at infinity 50 lux works at infinity 60 works at infinity 80 works at infinity 100 works infinity 180 works infinity I've tested every lens on the 5D and DMR locked on a solid tripod, same subject, same light, same distance in every case the DMR delivers more fine detail, micro contrast and dynamic range than the 5D (which leads me to believe that the DMR CCD significantly out performs the 5D Cmos. All the R lenses are PITA to focus on the 5D view finder compared to the R8 view finder. So my camera of choice remains the R8. The 5D is pleasure to use with Canon AF lenses (24-70 and 70-200 in my case); and a decent back up to the R8/DMR. If and when the DMR dies I will not consider using R lenses on the 5D as my main professional tools. I'd have to move to a new system. Either adding Canon Primes or Moving to Nikon. While I'm told that the live view on the 5D II makes fine focusing possible; I have a hard time imagining working this way for portraits, action, etc. My only real hope is that the current or future Cmos chips begin to perform as well as the DMR CCD; and that C or N develop a view finder as bright and clear as the R8. These systems are designed as systems and while it's fun to hang every sort of glass from each and other systems on our C, O, P and N bodies; and just because we can; it's not a practical solution for professional production work IMO. YMMV Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Oct 6, 2010, at 11:50 AM, Wayne Serrano wrote: > All, > > I was thinking that maybe we should begin a poll to find how others are > using their "R" lenses on various digital bodies: > > 1. Which camera body? > 2. Which focusing screen? > 3. Modifications necessary if any? > 4. Miscellaneous and pertinent info? > > > > > ------ > Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ > Archives are at: > http://www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/