[Leica] Leica M Mount lens for Canon EF mount camera

[Susan Ryan]

Yeah, I ended up biting the bullet and bought a bargain 35 1.4 Canon lens from KEH. 😕

Sue

> On Jan 29, 2020, at 11:14 AM, Aram via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> I used my R lenses on Canon many moons ago because it was the only game 
> in town when I wanted to go digital.  The exposure was a nightmare.  As 
> you stopped down, the camera would undercompensate and images got more 
> and more underexposed the more you stopped down.  This was using 
> aperture priority.  Then someone came out with a way of replacing the 
> rear lens mount with a Nikon F mount, so I switched to Nikon and all was 
> right with the world again. And it got better performing sensors to boot.
> 
> Of course, a lot has happened since then and maybe a more modern Canon 
> will meter fine with a totally manual lens.  But there is the issue of 
> lens to sensor distance difference with M and Canon that would mean you 
> can never focus to infinity with an M lens, so who cares about the 
> metering issues.
> 
> Aram
> 
>> On 1/27/2020 1:29 PM, Howard Cummer wrote:
>> I confirm Philippe’s recollection. I used my Leica R lenses on a Canon body with an adapter.
>> This was many moons ago. And I recall that as you closed the lens down the exposure
>> became less and less accurate.
>> 
>> Howard
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 20:33:53 +0100
>> From: Philippe <photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com <mailto:photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com>>
>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org <mailto:lug at leica-users.org>>
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica M mount lens for Canon EF mount camera
>>    bodies?
>> 
>> I don?t know much about this but my recollection is that Canon have exposure issues when using ? legacy ? lenses.
>> Bewar and double-check before buying any adaptor that might eventually prove useless.
>> 
>> Amities
>> 
>> Philippe
>> 
> 
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