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Subject: [Leica] Another R option
From: frank.dernie at btinternet.com (FRANK DERNIE)
Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2011 22:38:15 +0100 (BST)
References: <9707089.1307877882147.JavaMail.root@elwamui-lapwing.atl.sa.earthlink.net> <BANLkTikCzhf80JDfsEcpL52iQRLgLGo-Hw@mail.gmail.com>

I agree. I have a Canon EOS 1Ds mk2 which has interchangeable viewing 
screens 
and is the least poor dSLR I have tried for manual focus.. Not suitable for 
several WA lenses but with an adapter it works great with most of the R 
lenses 
IME.
I haven't used mine once since I found my DMR though...
FD


----- Original Message ----
From: mehrdad <msadat at gmail.com>
To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, 12 June, 2011 17:55:20
Subject: Re: [Leica] Another R option

doug, finding a good adapter to work with r lens and canon is fairly easy on
ebay. u can also rent a canon 1d body and test it out. i think it is the
best alternative for having access to second body while using the dmr. the
canon 1dsii which is 16 meg can be had for about 1.7 k and it is wonderful
camera. the key to adapters r the micro adjust so u can get the camera and
lens working reliably.

the idea of changing mounts is way too radical and between sony and canon,
canon has more options available and seems more sensible

On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 4:24 AM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at 
earthlink.net>wrote:

> Mark Rabiner wrote:
>
> >The Leica Digital Modul R started to ship  June 2005 that's six years ago.
> A
> >half dozen years.  It came with a SanDisk 256MB Ultra II card .   I think
> >that's enough time for the level of digital technology to reinvent itself
> a
> >couple of times at least. And it was a 1.37x crop circle.
> >Many of us including me were still shooting with a D100 in June 2005. At
> the
> >very end of the year the D200 came out I experienced a huge leap. Now I'd
> >consider that camera to be a near paperweight. I'm sure I could sell it
> for
> >50 bucks but I'd have to live with myself. The D700 is much more a huge
> leap
> >than the past one for me by a mile it came out in 2008 and put Nikon back
> in
> >business with Canon as it had fallen far behind.
> >I don't think a guy can be faulted for wanting to be more up to date in
> >what's going on digitally results wise and everything else wise.
> >Just because something is made in Denmark does not mean its
> technologically
> >unstuck in time.
>
> The DMR's image quality isn't the issue.  Its availability is.
>
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
>
>
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