Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Howdy I plan to use cheap canon zooms and R lenses on EOS bodies. Also I meant to say focus confirmation rather than AF on with the R lenses. Javier - --- J Gong <r7slr@yahoo.com> wrote: > Javier, > > Your latest message confuses me. You speak of using > EOS zooms on R bodies, but > that adapter does not exist. The film plane to lens > flange distance is too > great to permit proper infinity focus. > > The other way around works. I count myself and > Joseph Yao as two people who > have used adapters to fit R lenses on EOS bodies. > Specifically, D30's to have a > digital camera with R optics. After all, I'll be > dead by the time Leica came > out with one. > > The Novoflex adapters are available at bhphoto and > calumet. No, they're not > cheap, but it's a cool tool... > > It's also nice to have a cheap EOS body as a backup, > with more versatility > available too. Of course, everything is manual > focus and stop down metering. > > This setup won't solve your manual focus problems > however. I have found it > difficult to accurately focus with the clear Canon > screens; they were designed > with AF lenses in mind. > > Best Regards, > > John Gong > > --- Javier Perez <summarex@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Hi > > It's a God send for me because I'm loosing too > many > > family and pet pics on account of stupid focusing > > mistakes and my eyesight isn't getting any better. > > I really like the better EOS cameras. The only > problem > > is I can't use the 19 except with an RT or RS > because > > it will hit the mirror. Whatever the case I would > love > > to be able to keep using my Rs and just spend on > the > > cheap and surprisingly good Canon zooms for casual > > pics > > The limitations are no meter coupling and auto > > aperture > > It doesn't bother me at all since I would use them > for > > slow to take pics of landscapes and portraits. The > AF > > still works and if you get an EOS 1, 1n, 1v or > others > > you can shoot near wide open in daylight with the > 8000 > > top speed. > > I'll have to get one eventually but not at that > price! > > Someday maybe I'll be taking digital pics with a > 180 > > Elmarit on a 1d!!!!!!! The 1d is fast coming down > in > > price and is the only current solution for digital > > pics with R lenses. > > See Ya > > Javier > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Games - play chess, backgammon, pool and more > http://games.yahoo.com/ > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Games - play chess, backgammon, pool and more http://games.yahoo.com/ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html