Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alan, My experience with the 20D and long lenses was very positive, so I assume the same will be the case with the 5D. My Leica 100mm and 180mm were quite easy to focus even with the 20D's dim viewfinder. I don't know if the 5D has interchangeable focusing screens--the 1D Mark 2 which I just bought does, and I have just installed a screen with a focusing aid in the center (the same one Tina uses). It makes a lot of difference when using a shorter lens like the 1.4/50mm Summilux I have. But for long lenses it does not matter that much, they are pretty easy to focus either way. Nathan Alan Weinschel wrote: > 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-)) > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com