Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 11/4/01 8:22 am, Steve Barbour at kididdoc@home.com wrote: > Thanks Joseph...didn't know this... with what compromises or losses? > ----- Steve > > From: "Dr. Joseph Yao" <joseph@yao.com> > > >> I don't know about M lenses, but you can certainly use Leica R lenses on >> Canon EOS digital bodies, such as the D30. Leica will probably never Steve, The compromises are: 1. Stopped down metering only 2. Limited exposure modes: only full manual, aperture priority auto, and TTL flash are maintained. 3. Obviously, no auto focus 4. The very bright but low contrast screen of the EOS camera may render manual focusing tricky. I have a spilt-image screen fitted to my EOS1n. Although you can use an R lens on the D30, I believe an R lens is wasted in view of the resolution of the CMOS chip. EF lenses are cheaper, just as good in the case of the D30, and you retain all the fancy features. Joseph