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Leica to Canon eos adapter?

I'm inteested in using my old 35mm R lens on my canon 40D.
Does anyone have any experience with adapting leica lenses to an EOS camera?

Can you please point me in the right direction ?I've gone to e-bay ,but i'm getting conflicting reports about some of the sellers ,and the quality of the actual adapters,especially from Hong Kong?

Any info/advise would be appreciated.
Thanks
Mike
 

Michael Fontana

pro member
Hi Michael

I got one, works fine on the 1 Ds-2, but you might check it for the 40 D, as it seems to have a smaller mirrorbox. So some wides don't work.

I bought it, a Quenox, here
and keeps a 500 gr-lens in position, tight.

Basically, all these are done in China/Asia - apart from the Novoflex from Germany. So I tried that cheaper one, and it works fine. It depends on the build quality. I admit too, that my R-lens is not very often un use. For a everyday lens, especially when changing the adapter often, I' d probably have spend a bit more.
 
leica to eos

Michael
Thanks for your reply.

Should i expect a big difference in image quality with the leica lens ,as opposed to the 17-40L canon lense? which I normally use.
Or am I asking to much??

Thanks again
MikeS
 

Michael Fontana

pro member
It's hard to say it in front of a screen; but I expect the Leica to be clearly & definatly better on FF, less on a crop-cam, as the sweet spot is used then, only.

On my 10 D, the 17-40, which had been a 28 - 64 mm then, worked quite fine.
But the Leica should have micro better contrast, anyway, with smoother files.

Not all the 17-40 are the same quality; I had a lemon first, too.
 
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