[nthfinity]

Originally Posted by MartijnGizmo Originally Posted by nthfinity Originally Posted by MartijnGizmo Originally Posted by nthfinity it is my asumption that Leica still make the best lenses money can buy; and great cameras too People are even using them on their Canon EOS 5D or 1Ds MkII with adapters to get the best out of it. out of curiousity; that would effectively change the focal length; and possibly make the image less crisp, and also render things like IS and autofocus useless? No such thing a IS or AF on a Leica. The focal lenght remains the same (35mm Leica film = 35mm Canon sensor) and the image quality is supposed to be sharper as say a EF 135 f/2..... There's a lot of info (and profession users) over at http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/

after posting that, i went out and searched the web about it... some interesting lenses. the M7 really does look 50 years old... but for most natural light instances, seems to work amazingly.

i've been told that film lenses actually have a built in light-distortion to match the slightly 'warped' film in such a camera; where digital doesnt since the CCD is flat for all intents and pourposes... any idea if that is true?