Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/10

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Subject: [Leica] Leica R Lenses on Canon DSLRs
From: images at InfoAve.Net (Tina Manley)
Date: Mon Oct 10 14:48:00 2005
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At 04:48 PM 10/10/2005, you wrote:
>Ouch!  How about this Tina?  What are your 
>experiences with the new 5D?  Also how is the 
>finder?  I read in Pop Photo that the finder 
>magnification was only .75, how is the view through it?
>
>Gene

I've only had it about 2 hours, Gene!
The specs say:
http://www.dpreview.com/articles/canoneos5d/
Viewfinder ? 96% frame coverage
? 0.71x magnification
? Focusing screen can be changed

The viewfinder seems very similar to the 1DMII, 
which is .72x, but the camera weighs almost half 
as much.  It feels very, very light compared to 
the MarkII.  The 5D is full frame, though, so my 
lenses are what they say they are!  I'm having 
problems getting it programmed to work the same 
as my MarkII, though.  Custom Function 13 is 
supposed to make the big wheel control the focus 
points and, so far, I haven't been able to make it work.

Tina

Tina Manley, ASMP
http://www.tinamanley.com 




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