Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I wonder why it hasn't dawned on anyone that all this would really take...is a good ad campaign by Leica pitching its glass to Canon and Nikon digital shooters. No special lenses. Just the current adapters, and some big name photographers talking about the glories of using Leica R glass on their Canon bodies, etc. Sure, there are people who know that you can use R glass on these bodies, but most of those people are R glass owners. I'm willing to bet the vast majority of Canon and Nikon shooters aren't aware of this possibility, and many might be lured to the Leica glass fold. On 8/26/05 11:28 AM, "Douglas Herr" <telyt@earthlink.net> wrote: > Nathan Wajsman <nathan.wajsman@planet.nl> wrote: > >> I know that Canon and Nikon do not want it, since they prefer people to >> buy their glass from them; but on the Miranda Canon forum there is a >> very lively trade in Leica R lenses and Stephen's and other adapters to >> use them on the Canon bodies. So clearly there is at least some level of >> interest among the users for Leica glass on Canon bodies, and I am sure >> that if it were possible to mount them on Nikon bodies, there would be >> interest in that camp as well. > > Nathan, a Leica lens dedicated to the EOS mount would be limited to use on > the > Canon. If Leica were to pursue this market there would be two choices: > Electronic compatability, or manual operation. > > In the first case Canon could make a minor change in the camera body > electronics to "break" compatability with the lens' electronics, rendering > the > lens a very expensive paperweight unless all you wanted to use is an older > EOS > body before the tweak. Canon has done this to third-party lenses. > > In the second case, fully manual operation, a lens dedicated to the Canon > EOS > mount would be less flexible because it couldn't be used on a Leica-R body, > and no more useful on a Canon body than the R-lens plus adapter. > > Ditto for the Nikon mount. This really has been beaten to death. > > > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information