Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi all, I have used the 100 f2.8 apo macro, the 280 f2.8, 400 f6.8, 560 f6.8 and the 35 f2 on my EOS 10D but haven't yet tried any on my 1Ds mk2 yet. Canon long lenses are extremely good, the wide angles less so, particularly wrt distortion. I would love to use my 19 as well but can't bring myself to grind material off the back of the mount to clear the 1Ds mirror. Erwin found the Canon macro very close to the apo macro Leica lens. I may be wrong but Erwin seemed to stop testing as many Leica lenses soon after this. Frank On 23 May, 2005, at 16:04, Douglas Sharp wrote: > Scott, > I use a 20D (and a 300D)with the following R lenses, 21/4, 28/2.8, > 35/2, 50/2.8, 100mm Macro Elmar, 250/4 Telyt. No problems at all, > though I find it difficult to focus the wide angles (probably an > eye problem). > Excellent results with Zeiss (Contax/Yashica) lenses too, 50/1,4 > and 135/2.8. > I have a couple of Canon EF and EF-S lenses and find them adequate > considering that I paid very little for them (EF-S 18-55mm, EF > 28-135mm IS) > > So far there is a noticeable difference with both R and CY lenses, > with the exception of the 100mm, the Leica wide angles deliver much > crisper results than the Canons I've tried. I have heard, but not > seen yet, that the L series Canon stuff is very high quality. > The Zeiss 50mm and a Yashica 55mm Macro are also exceptionally good > lenses, the 135mm Zeiss is a classic lens anyway. > No mirror hang-ups, or any other problems, with any of these lenses > on a 20D, a 300D or even on 500N (film) body. > > Cheers > Douglas > > BTW I use Novoflex R/EOS and Huppert CY/EOS adapters, a bit > expensive but a lovely bit of precision engineering, both of them. > > Just for fun : I've now had the following lens marques on the 20D : > Leica, Pentacon,Zeiss (West)CY, Zeiss(East)M42,Yashica M42 and CY, > Pentax M42, Novoflex, Sigma M42, Tamron, Fujica, a few no-name bits > of glass and even Canon. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >