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Archive 2005Contacts pinout info on Canon EF/EF-S lenses?
p.1 #1Contacts pinout info on Canon EF/EF-S lenses?
Does anyone know what is the pinout assignment of the contacts on Canon EF and EF-S lenses, i.e. what is the function of each contact?
I don't want to reverse-engineer the mount but I am curious
Thanks for any info/link. Regards, Iam
I don't want to reverse-engineer the mount but I am curious
Thanks for any info/link. Regards, Iam
Dec 30, 2005 at 06:12 AM
p.1 #2Contacts pinout info on Canon EF/EF-S lenses?
To answer my own question: I have found several links with many details, let me know if anyone is interested here. Iam.
Edited by iamnemo on Dec 31, 2005 at 03:00 PM GMT
Edited by iamnemo on Dec 31, 2005 at 03:00 PM GMT
Dec 31, 2005 at 10:49 AM
p.1 #3Contacts pinout info on Canon EF/EF-S lenses?
I wouldn't mind knowing...
Dec 31, 2005 at 12:46 PM
p.1 #4Contacts pinout info on Canon EF/EF-S lenses?
Ah, one cusious mind The hard part is figuring out the protocol
Here you go:
http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00B3Y8
http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00CoLN
http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=005nXu
And:
http://www.novoflex.de/english/html/macro_accessories.htm (I have one of these)
http://www.birger.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=ef232_home
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1027&message=12059079
If you find anything else please let me know. Iam.
The hard part is figuring out the protocolHere you go:
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http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00B3Y8
http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00CoLN
http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=005nXu
And:
http://www.novoflex.de/english/html/macro_accessories.htm (I have one of these)
http://www.birger.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=ef232_home
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1027&message=12059079
If you find anything else please let me know. Iam.
Dec 31, 2005 at 01:11 PM
p.1 #5Contacts pinout info on Canon EF/EF-S lenses?
Haha... we should start a Canon body donation depot. Where all old Canon bodies will be used to research.
=)
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Dec 31, 2005 at 01:46 PM
p.1 #6Contacts pinout info on Canon EF/EF-S lenses?
bbgobie wrote:
Haha... we should start a Canon body donation depot. Where all old Canon bodies will be used to research.
=)
Or I could splice my Novoflex EOSRETRO cable and connect it to a digital logic analyzer
http://www.novoflex.de/english/assets/images/14b1.jpg
http://www.novoflex.de/english/assets/images/14a1.jpg
Iam
Haha... we should start a Canon body donation depot. Where all old Canon bodies will be used to research.
=)
Or I could splice my Novoflex EOSRETRO cable and connect it to a digital logic analyzer
http://www.novoflex.de/english/assets/images/14b1.jpg
http://www.novoflex.de/english/assets/images/14a1.jpg
Iam
Dec 31, 2005 at 01:52 PM
p.1 #7Contacts pinout info on Canon EF/EF-S lenses?
You might be interested to learn (as I did today) that people are building their own poor man's version of the Novoflex EOS auto-reverse adapter:
http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=007m6Z&unified_p=1
It looks like this:
Happy New Year!
Iam
http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=007m6Z&unified_p=1
It looks like this:
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Happy New Year!
Iam
Dec 31, 2005 at 11:49 PM