[LRflex] Re: LeiCanon woes
- From: Javier Perez <summarex@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 22:18:43 -0700 (PDT)
I have been able to get my 19 elmarit V1 to work on my
dcs560 by removing the baffle from the lens and the
filter from the camera. It's very dangerous though,
the rear elemennt is almost as exposed as a Jupiter
12!
Javier
--- M7 <photo-m7@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Noel,
>
> You should mount a Canon AF lens on the body to
> confirm mirror box
> issues. Also, with the lens adapter, try using a
> Leica lens of longer
> focal length (even a 35 or 50 will do fine). Many of
> the wide angle R
> lenses protrude far back and will interfere with the
> mirror action when
> shooting.
>
> Cheers,
>
> John
>
> On Oct 15, 2005, at 7:10 AM, Noel Yates wrote:
>
> > Dear All,
> >
> > Yesterday I bought a used Canon D30 to go with
> an=20
> > EOS/R-lens adapter that came from China via
> eBay=20
> > for =A320 GBP. My R lenses fit and work (even
> the=20
> > 24mm Elmarit-R) but will only focus by setting=20
> > the focus distance by scale; focusing by eye on=20
> > the screen is miles out. Subjects far enough
> away=20
> > to be considered at infinity are not sharp on
> the=20
> > screen with the lens set at infinity. I have to=20
> > roll the focus ring back to about 10 metres to=20
> > get them sharp on the screen. This leads me to=20
> > believe that the camera's mirror/screen
> alignment=20
> > must be out. Can anybody comment? The D30 is=20
> > quite a neat little camera and I would like to get
> this setup to work.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Noel
> >
> > www.noelyates.co.uk
> >
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