Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/22

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Subject: [Leica] For Sale: Cleaning House
From: Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)
Date: Sat Oct 22 03:33:44 2005
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I apologise if someone has said this already I am way behind in my  
emails but my 10D was great with my Leica R lenses but many won't  
work on the 5D (or 1DS) because the mirror is too big. The 5D is in  
fact less good than the 20D for R lenses.
Frank

On 21 Oct, 2005, at 22:02, mcyclwritr@comcast.net wrote:

> "Let us reflect," he said in photographic context.
>
> The 5D is a FULL-FRAME digital body with an easily viewable 2.5"  
> LCD and it's "not much better than a 20D." So you were expecting  
> $8000 1Ds Mark II innards for $3300? Given the 20D's happy  
> following, I'd say "any" improvement is a bonus.
>
> Bonus No. Next: The 5D offers Leicaphiles the option of using at  
> least some R-Series glass in addition to all the Canon auto-focus  
> stuff.
>
> -Chris Lawson
>
>
>
>> I bought a 5D and took it back. Not that great of a camera. Make  
>> sure you try it
>> out first. Including downloading the files to have a look at. Even  
>> with post
>> processing I was disappointed. Really not much better than a 20D  
>> except the
>> files are larger.
>>
>>
>>
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