fotografz Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 I got to wondering, so I used black gaffers' tape to mount a couple of M lenses on a Canon 10D. The mirror box allows the lens to snug right in and avoid the mirror itself. WOW !!!!! The best Macro shots I've taken outside of my Contax 120/4 mounted to a 645. Incredibly sharp, crisp images with wonderful color and tonal rendering. Used a 50 Lux and then a 90AA. The 90 allows you to get further away. Next I'll try the 135/3.5. Okay, who is an engineer here? We need a simple adapter to do this and those with a digital camera will have the best macros they've ever used on a digital camera. Lutz, you there? Something you can get done?<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotografz Posted January 4, 2004 Author Share Posted January 4, 2004 Another.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotografz Posted January 4, 2004 Author Share Posted January 4, 2004 The crude tool.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h._p. Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 Nice lighting, Marc, did you use a softbox? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charles barcellona www.bl Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 make can we use these with your permission for the Leica screensaver project? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roberto_watson_garc_a Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 Great try Marc, I think of the tele-elmar 135/4, there is one made in the 70´s that can be shorten to fix the visoflex, so infinit focus can be done with the canon body, things like that will make Leica AG consider this posibility (digital M) as economicaly reliable, thanks for this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenghor Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 M lens on EOS body??!!! Woow! I'll keep my M lenses and M6 for now and wait for an adapter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric_. Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 Marc, Your images are outstanding, I am very impressed by your achievement! I have a friend in Italy (he's almost 85!) who will certainly be able to make the adapter you need. Unfortunately I don't have a Canon 10D...maybe if I can get my hands on a cheap analog camera with the same mount I might achieve something. I'll let the forum know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenghor Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 I just tried it too! Elmarit 90 with EOS 300D. Simply press the lens against the body. No tapes.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan_mcmorrin2 Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 Marc, these images are great. Very well done for trying this. I hope the Leica boys see them:-) Cheers, Duncan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al_kaplan1 Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 Any Visoflex lens should be easy to use this way, with infinty focus to boot! 65/3.5 Elmar, 90/4 Elmar, 90/2.8 Elmarit, 90/2 Summicron, 135/4.5 Hektor, 135/4 Elmar and Tele-Elmar, 135/2.8 Elmarit, all with the correct "short mount", 180/2.8 Elmarit, any of the Telyt M's, will give you infinity focus if you can get an adapter made. But how many people these days will put up with a manual diaphragm? Only the 65 Elmar and one model of the 90 Summicron come with even a preset diaphragm, until you get to the 180 to 560mm range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joel_matherson Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 Maybe when Leica say it cant be done its because Gaffa tape hasnt reach them yet. They are usually 25 years behind in electronics maybe the wonders of gaffa tape as well! Or possibly the new Leica universal velcro mount? THey are certainly clear results for such a shonky mount! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olivier_reichenbach Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 Great, Marc. Congratulations for your sheer bravery, and for the results. Now, I know cameras and lenses are just tools - yeah, sure - but I get a sinking feeling in my stomach to see an M lens and a Canon body all wrapped up in gaffer tape. My goodness... Is it just me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenghor Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 Using the 550ex flash to compensate my shaky hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenghor Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 Portrait shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad_ Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 Marc, Marc, Marc... I have it on good authority from <I>real</I> photographers here that digital produces sterile, antiseptic, and pretty much lifeless images. And you still have to learn that stoopid photoshop thing. Breeding film lenses with 1s and 0s - trust me, you don't want any flipper images... Stop, before it's too late - you are messing with the Devil's work. www.citysnaps.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack_lo_..._t_o Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 Love to see what comes out of a Summar on a digital. Would it make for an "old time" look on digital? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotografz Posted January 4, 2004 Author Share Posted January 4, 2004 Okay Boys and Girls, we gotta get an adapter. Wee Keng those are cool as hell!!! Here's some more...<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travis1 Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 Can you actually focus accurately with that? Or do you not need to focus Marc? You check focussing through the LCD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotografz Posted January 4, 2004 Author Share Posted January 4, 2004 The 135 allows you to get a little further away. BTW, DO NOT TRY ANY M LENS THAT PROTRUDES BEYOND THE BAYONET MOUNT ( it'll foul the 10D mirror).<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new hampshire john Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 nicely done, Marc -- get a machine shop to rig you up an adapter, plate them with titanium, and charge leica folks $400 a pop for 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s._timothy_franceschini Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 Now this is thinking outside the box. Literally! It's this kind of creative thinking, that will bring results. A couple of the noted obstacles has been the limited size of CMOS or CCD imaging arrays and the angle which light rays would strike the imaging surface. Who says a digital camera that can use M mount lenses needs to be conventional design? The EOS 1-Ds has an imaging surface of 35.8 mm x 23.8 mm, while the EOS 1-D has an imaging surface of 28.7 x 19.1 mm, the EOS 1-D and Rebel have an imaging surface of 22.7 mm x 15.1 mm. So, somewhere here is a practical size that would optimimally utilize the image created by M mount lenses. With this in mind how many of us care if the image has an aspect ratio of 2:3 or 1:1. I suggest, go ahead and make it square if that gives us the most coverage for our M lenses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan_mcmorrin2 Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 Marc, another forum member suggested that these guys either have an adapter or could make one....: http://www.cameraquest.com/frames/4saleReos.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p._neil_ralley Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 This thread reminds me of how I used to hand-reverse the 50mm lens on my old Practika without any means of attaching it to the camera. Has anyone tried reversing these lenses on the Canon yet? Also, it is just possible that there might be a reversal ring already 'out there' which might fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotografz Posted January 4, 2004 Author Share Posted January 4, 2004 Just one more 'cause it's so pretty... Travis, you just look through the viewfinder of the Canon 10D. There isn't any auto aperture, so you open up the aperture to focus on the area you want and then stop down to the shooting aperture you want before triggering the 10D. I know it is just macro use, but these are better than my Canon macro can do. Almost no color fringing when you super enlarge the image (which I can see with the Canon 100/2.8II Macro images).<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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