Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'd like ot know how the 5D works with long lenses. Mirror clearance obviously won't be a problem but I'm wondering how corner performance and manual focus is with this combination. -- Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com ====================================================================== Doug, it works very well with the Canon 200mm f/2.8. It focuses well and accurately and the sensor performs no differently than it does with shorter lenses, which is to say, extremely well. I have not tried on on longer lenses. I do have a Canon 75-300 (which I am selling) but I don't think that would be a fair test vs. a prime, as it is not an "L" and though it has IS, its results on a 20D were only so-so. If you're going to use Leica glass, I would expect the 5D to perform very well. IMHO, it is the poor man's 1DS mkII. (Not that $3300 is cheap; its the theory of relativity 8-))