I've always been happy with this combination: Canon 20D + Yashica 2.8/55 Macro - this was shot at f2.8 My PC-top Pet - if you press the Edelweiss, he yodels http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Bits+and+Pieces/_MG_1928-1.jpg.html Cheers Douglas On 31.12.2010 15:55, philippe.amard wrote: > George often writes that cameras/lenses come as systems and work best > as systems. > It was my experience too when I went digital. > Of course I can still adapt my R lenses to the L1 and Olies > or FD lenses without a lens adaptor on the G1, > yet, it all works so much better with lenses meant for the gear, > digital or film, both ways. > > The rest is pleasant to try Heath Robinson contraptions, > http://tinyurl.com/2394etz > > and reminders of the visoflex Meccano > http://cgi.ebay.fr/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item00508427552#ht_500wt_1156 > and > http://www.meccano.com/ > > My last 2010 pinch of salt > (can be used for safety on your roads if permitted in your seasons ...). > > Have merry celebrations all ! > > Philippe > > > Le 31 déc. 10 à 15:39, Richard Ward a écrit : > >> Thanks for the Link Doug! >> Also, I feel I should re-iterate something for the folks who might >> not have >> tried adapting a Film Lens onto a Digital SLR before. It is >> something a little >> 'obvious', but it's easily overlooked and in reality has a huge >> impact on the >> 'user' experience. >> >> >> Film SLR Viewfinders kick the butt of the vast majority of dSLRs >> that have ever >> been made. >> (speaking both of sheer numbers made and the range of dSLR designs >> ever put out) >> >> a) Cropped dSLR viewfinders feel Tunnel-like because, generally, >> they aren't >> well engineered to compensate for the 'cropping' done to show the >> view the >> sensor 'sees'. >> b) Other than Uber Price Point dSLRs, they are built with 2nd or 3rd >> tier >> Optical Design Methods in their Prisms which worsens the Tunnel >> Effect and Dims >> the view through the eye piece. >> c) dSLR Viewfinders, Mirrors, and such are NOT optimized for >> achieving Manual >> Focus - either Visually or with a focus assist device (in the mirror >> or using AF >> confirm light). >> >> >> It's the nature of the beast, so to speak. >> On the Other Hand: >> The Top Drawer dSLRs have great viewfinders and adding Manual Focus >> Assist >> Mirrors is generally a pretty easy option with them. The Upper >> Drawer Full-Frame >> dSLRs (5D's and D700's) have some very nice viewfinders, I hear. >> >> Further, it's a whack load quicker, easier, simpler to SHOOT a dSLR >> than >> Shoot/Process/Scan Film. Irregardless of the Economic Variables. >> >> As Doug Said! Adapting these things to EOS doesn't JUST APPLY to >> dSLRs, they'll >> fit just fine to a film EOS, too. Because they would be film bodies, >> naturally >> they will have big view finders, mirrors designed for manual >> focusing, etc. >> >> >> Richard in Michigan >> >> ________________________________ >> >> >> [---Insert Irony Here---] >> ________________________________ >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Douglas Sharp<douglas.sharp@xxxxxx> >> To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Sent: Fri, December 31, 2010 6:07:31 AM >> Subject: [LRflex] Register table for lenses/adapters >> >> If anyone is interested, this is quite a useful table >> for finding out which lenses will fit (theoretically) >> on which camera bodies. >> http://www.graphics.cornell.edu/~westin/misc/mounts-by-register.html >> >> >> >> >> ------ >> Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: >> http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ >> Archives are at: >> //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ >> > > ------ > Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ > Archives are at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ > ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/