Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]cool - please explain how to find an adapter that will allow focus confirmation. thanks, Eric On 7/4/07, G Hopkinson <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >