Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gorgeous, Rei. Sunshine smiles and smooth professional images. I wonder if I could overcome my Canon prejudices? A bonus is that the R glass seems to be much undervalued, too. At least around this part of the world. Cheers Hoppy -----Original Message----- Subject: [Leica] leicanon experiments part 2 further leicanon experiments with a 50 lux and 90 cron. http://www.shinozuka.org/20070703leicanon/ -rei > To: "Leica Users Group (LUG)" <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: leicanon experiments > Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 12:17:15 -0400 > From: Rei Shinozuka <shino@panix.com> > > 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 _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information