[LRflex] Register table for lenses/adapters - PC Pet

  • From: Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@xxxxxx>
  • To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 16:14:36 +0100

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
>>
>>
>>
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