On Feb 7, 2010, at 9:42 AM, Aram Langhans wrote: > I would like to know, too. I don't' think it is possible. I have looked > all through my menus many times. Canon want to sell new lenses. If they > made it convenient to use old manual lenses, either Canon or any other > brand, they would loose sales. And canon has just announced they just sold > their 50 millionth EF lens. > http://www.dpreview.com/news/1001/10012901canon50mef.asp > That's a lot of lenses. > > I would think that if such a compensation were available, it would be common > knowledge by now, but by all means, please look and find that info, because, > short of a firmware hack, I don't know of a fix. please keep looking, just in case, maybe someone hacked a fix... Steve > > Aram > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Steve Barbour" <steve.barbour@xxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 8:36 AM > To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [LRflex] Re: Using R lenses on digital bodies... > >> >> On Feb 7, 2010, at 1:15 AM, Herman Kempers wrote: >> >>> Hi Steve, >>> Yes, that is a problem. Because there is no EXIF information from a R >>> lens (ROM isn't working) to the 5d, the body doesn't know what lens is >>> used and goes to a standard setting of 1.8 (if I'm correct...) With lens >>> open the exposure is -almost- correct in most cases, but stopping down >>> makes the exposure value changing to much for correct metering. >>> >>> (the problem with todays camera's; they think to much.....but don't know >>> everything) >>> >>> I have read a way to set a compensation in the camera, but have to find >>> it back on the inernet. >> >> >> please let me know... >> >> thanks, >> >> Steve >>> >>> Give me some time. >>> >>> Herman >>> > > > ------ > 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/