DocsPics wrote:
Not trying to tell others how to spend their money, but if you are going to spring $3K to $5K for the best of the best (read as "Leica"), why not get the best mount out there?
I have in stalled three of these mounts recently, and if I (read as "klutz") can do it, you certainly can.
but what if you only spend $300 for your leica? very few of the R's are that expensive. but yeah, leitax mounts are very good and very easy to install with good documentation.
philip_pj wrote:
Hi sebboh, surely both your data point and docs are outliers!
I'm looking for a humble 50/2 Summicron-R and they are quite a pretty penny these days, in good shape anyway.
it totally depends on the lens, you should be able to get a late 50mm cron for around $500 or less with perfect glass but minor wear on the body. if you want absolute mint you'll pay more of course and a beat up one that still has good glass should go for that $300 figure.
vallejo wrote:
Just bought an Elmarit 180mm f2.8 and made a few shots to test it. Seems very good, but nailing focus is not easy. Seems to back focus from what I see or the fotodiox adapter is beeping at the wrong spot...
best,
André
www.vallejo.photoshelter.com
Back focus on manual focus lens? Unless it is focus shift from stopping down after focusing...and shouldn't be...check your viewfinder diopter. Tap shutter button and adjust diopter to bring LED numbers (eg shutter speed) on viewfinder into sharpest possible focus. If that takes you to the end of the travel of the adjustment, buy a stronger prescription diopter...about $15 from manufacturer.
Grenache wrote:
Back focus on manual focus lens? Unless it is focus shift from stopping down after focusing...and shouldn't be...check your viewfinder diopter. Tap shutter button and adjust diopter to bring LED numbers (eg shutter speed) on viewfinder into sharpest possible focus. If that takes you to the end of the travel of the adjustment, buy a stronger prescription diopter...about $15 from manufacturer.
This is a 5DII, right? Get some shims and adjust the viewscreen like Canon neglected to do at the factory.
telyt wrote:
This is a 5DII, right? Get some shims and adjust the viewscreen like Canon neglected to do at the factory.
sounds like it's the focus confirm that is off not the viewfinder. in my experience the beep and the light comes on when you are close to in focus. if you want precise focus use the your eyes (and make sure your focus screen is properly calibrated or use liveview). i'm told you can use in camera autofocus calibration so that the beep comes exactly when you are dead on focus, but only in one direction turning the focus ring. from the other direction you will be even further off.
sebboh wrote:
sounds like it's the focus confirm that is off not the viewfinder. in my experience the beep and the light comes on when you are close to in focus. if you want precise focus use the your eyes (and make sure your focus screen is properly calibrated or use liveview). i'm told you can use in camera autofocus calibration so that the beep comes exactly when you are dead on focus, but only in one direction turning the focus ring. from the other direction you will be even further off.
Incidental, I know, but old Leica circ-pols throw off the focus confirm on Canons. I would make sure to test bare lensed.
I reviewed the Leitax offering, and it appears you have a point. My Apo-Telyt 280/4 arrived last week (yes, folks, it's an epidemic ), and my R/EOS Fotodiox adapter arrives later today. Except for the remote chance that I fall in love with R bodies, there's no drawback with adapting the lens semi-permanently to the EOS mount.
The 50/2 'crons are out there, just takes a bit of "homework".
The copy I recently got was in the $500 range, and came w/ the original box.
Good luck in your hunt!
sebboh wrote:
it totally depends on the lens, you should be able to get a late 50mm cron for around $500 or less with perfect glass but minor wear on the body. if you want absolute mint you'll pay more of course and a beat up one that still has good glass should go for that $300 figure.
rico wrote:
I reviewed the Leitax offering, and it appears you have a point. My Apo-Telyt 280/4 arrived last week (yes, folks, it's an epidemic ), and my R/EOS Fotodiox adapter arrives later today. Except for the remote chance that I fall in love with R bodies, there's no drawback with adapting the lens semi-permanently to the EOS mount.
Congrat on the APO 280. But why Fotodiox? This is a hefty lens and more secure with a Leitax mount with 10 screws.
I have a dozen Leica R Leitaxed and they work just fine.
rico wrote:
I reviewed the Leitax offering, and it appears you have a point. My Apo-Telyt 280/4 arrived last week (yes, folks, it's an epidemic ), and my R/EOS Fotodiox adapter arrives later today. Except for the remote chance that I fall in love with R bodies, there's no drawback with adapting the lens semi-permanently to the EOS mount.
O.K., what gives? I can't find a 280/4 APO anywhere and you guys are just scooping them up. Where might one stumble across a good copy and what is a reasonably good price point?
vallejo wrote:
Sorry,seems to be a very specific english word, I donīt know what that is...
Shims are thin pieces used to adjust the spacing between two parts, in this case the viewscreen and whatever it rests against.
vallejo wrote:
And something else.I use also other manual focus lenses like the Zeiss 100mm, and I always nail focus with it,so I think is lens specific...
As long as the alignment in the mirror box is accurate, including the viewscreen, it should be possible to focus any manual focus lens accurately. Unfortunately this isn't a high priority for anything Canon makes other than the 1-series. Are you using a viewscreen optimized for manual focus?
