[Leica] digital ramblings

[don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)]

Eric,
The short answer is that you will be using Aperture priority manual focus.
The lens will stop down as you adjust the aperture so focusing becomes
problematic past F5.6 or so.  You will not capture quite a bit of EXIF
information as the lens does not talk.  The adapters are not the easiest to
put on and take off so carry at least two for using multiple lenses without
cursing; it is a fact of life that if you don't need the adapter it will
come off easily and if you need it now it will be welded to the lens.

If are using the 5D then the new 19, the 35 F1.4 in particular will not work
without hitting your mirror.  You should be fine with any of the fifties,
the 85, 90, 100 macro, any of the Telyts, and the 24mm.

If you are using the 20D or similar then I believe that the only lens that
will not work is the new 19 but I could be wrong.

Don
don.dory@gmail.com


On 4/1/06, Eric <ericm@pobox.com> wrote:
>
> I never thought this day would come so soon, but I'm really sold on
> digital.
> Can't imagine why I clung to film for so long.  Well, I know why.  Lack of
> a
> full frame sensor for less than the price of a car.  :)
>
> I think the biggest advantage to me is being able to set the shutter and
> f-stop combination I want...within reasonable limits.  And then just dial
> the ISO to make sure the exposure is decent.  Granted, I've done similar
> with film.  But not without *a lot* of waste.  I'm talking about shooting
> 6
> or 7 exposures on a roll of film, just to rewind and insert a different
> speed.  Repeat.  That gets old.  Really quickly.  Haven't done it very
> often.  And wouldn't do it just for casual tourist snaps, like from my
> recent trip to Orlando.  Constantly went back and forth between shooting
> at
> ISO 100 and ISO 3200.  Until night, when I was only at 3200.  :)
>
> That, and having scratch-free color pictures.  I couldn't find a reliable
> lab to process C41 film.  Tried several so-called "pro" labs.  None was
> even
> close to 100%.  I spent less time processing about 80 pictures from my
> digital camera than I did *eight* images from a couple rolls of film,
> which
> were my last color film pictures to date.  I spent about an hour and a
> half
> taking 80 pictures from RAW, through some color corrections, through some
> cropping, and then minor curve adjustments and re-sizing for the web.  I
> spent about 4 hours doing the same thing with 8 images.  That included
> scanning and then meticulously getting rid of the scratches and dust the
> lab
> had so helpfully embedded in my negatives for me.  That's when I realized
> that if I were going to do this very often, I'd lose my remaining sliver
> of
> sanity very quickly  if I didn't adopt an all-digital workflow.
>
> Just to bring this around so it's loosely on topic...  Now, I'm interested
> in playing around with an R lens.  My Leica experience to date has been
> confined to the M side.  I understand I need an adapter to go from R to
> EOS.
> How does using one work in practice?  I'm assuming I need to open it up
> for
> focusing, and then manually stop it down for metering and actual exposure?
> Is this more complicated sounding than it actually is?  Can I use any kind
> of R lens?  I know there are different "cam" versions.  Thanks for any
> pointers!
>
>
>
> --
> Eric
> http://canid.com/
>
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