Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/25

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Subject: Re: [Leica] R 19 2nd vers. on EOS-300D (aka Canon Rebel Digital)
From: Henning Wulff <henningw@archiphoto.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 21:48:07 -0700
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At 2:04 PM -0700 9/25/03, Douglas Herr wrote:
>Jim Hemenway <Jim@hemenway.com> wrote:
>
>>  Someone, I don't remember who, said that the old 19mm will work but not
>>  the new version, the one with the filters.
>>
>>Topher wrote:
>>
>>>  Is it possible? Has anyone tried yet?
>>
>
>As I recall it depends on the body.  Some bodies i.e. those with 
>smaller mirrors corresponding to smaller chips can handle the newer 
>19mm lens.

In particular, the Digital Rebel has a new mirror hinge geometry 
which allows lenses to be closer to the sensor. All R lenses should 
work with this body.

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