Anyone know the weight difference in a D700 versus a R8/DMR? TIA Gary > From: wildlightphoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 17:45:42 -0500 > Subject: [LRflex] Re: Leitax > > Axel Collier wrote: > > > Ok charlie, now i understand what it means, but not why i should miss it. > It is the > > first time i hear from it. So i could hardly miss it. > > When using a Leica-R lens on any camera other than a Leica reflex, for > example the Nikon D700, the aperture will not stay open before you press > ths shutter release. For example, if you want to use an f/8 aperture for > correct exposure, the camera's viewfinder will become darker because the > aperture has closed to f/8 instead of staying open at f/2 (with a Summicron > lens). This can make it more difficult to focus quickly and accurately. > One way to get around this problem is to set the lens to f/2, focus, then > set the lens to f/8 and make the picture. > > This takes more time to do than if the auto diaphragm were working as it > does on a Leica reflex camera, but as several people on this list have > shown, it can work quite well in some circumstances. > > > Thank you for your patience with my noob questions. > > We were all noobs at one time :) > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web - Check your email from the web at > http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web > > > ------ > Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ > Archives are at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/