Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]i rented a canon 20D for a week to try out this leicanon thing you all are talking about. i never even held a canon before; the 20D with battery grip looks and handles a lot like an R4-7. focusing was not easy on the 20D's smallish (compared with an R or SL) viewfinder image, but it's probably my problem. my eyes have never been great--poor eyesight is what pushed me into the M system in the first place. it would be great to have some kind of magnifier to make the focusing image "full size". maybe it's not a problem with full-frame cameras like the 5d. the $75 Roxsen EOS-R adapter i used allows the camera's focus confirmation to work--the middle dot in the image blinks red and a red ball illuminates at the lower right of the viewfinder. i pretty much stuck to the 80 lux. here's what i got yesterday: http://www.shinozuka.org/20070630leicanon/ -rei -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey