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Zeiss lenses on 20D

This CF / Microdrive exchange would be nice on its own thread so people can find it. BTW, CF cards don't crash since they have no heads or revolving platter to crash into
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. But I guess thay can fail like any physical component, though I haven't had that experience yet.

DJ
 
>well they might not "crash " and they may "fail " but corrupt the data on >them they certainly can ...
 
Posted by Matt Sallis (Shigitatsusawa) on Sunday, October 24, 2004 - 8:53 pm:

Can the image rescue software also be used on micro drives?

>I believe so ..
 
Matt, thanks for sharing your opinions about the Zeiss lenses on a Canon DSLR. After what you said, i think I will hold on to my last Zeiss lens - the 85mm/1.4 - which I think would be great for indoor/still life shots when you can take your time to focus.

I've had very little success manual-focussing on moving subjects - this is MUCH too hard especially when you are working with shallow DOF - unless you have superb eyesight. But with a still object and the camera on a tripod, I guess it's much easier to get tack sharp images.

Re microdrives vs solid-state CF cards, I've had BOTH cards fail me, but I too believe that the CF cards are generally more stable. I would also NOT use the slow cards on a 20D (it's okay for a 10D) i.e. anything slower than 40x. The best cards are the Sandisk Ultra II and Lexar Pro 80x. I have not tried the Extreme cards, but they should be at least just as good and possibly better/faster and more reliable.
 
A word of caution to those who are using Zeiss lenses on a Canon EOS body - you may scratch the plastic housing of the mirror chamber. I had quite prominent scratch marks on my 10D, and I am not sure which particular Zeiss lens caused this. The metal pin in the shape of a shark's fin on the back of the lens, if it's protruding a little too long, will scrape on the plastic housing when you mount and dismount the lens.
 
Thanks for that caution Bobby, I'll check clearance issues on the 20D before using them again.
I think maybe the 20D mirror may be slightly further back because of the redesign re. the EFS lenses extending further into the body.
I recall reading somewhere that the pivot point on the mirror means it doesn't come as far forward when flipping up. I'm happy to be corrected on this though as it's just a vague recollection.
PS You won't regret keeping the 85mm, I hear it's a bit special.
 
> That is useful info about cards. I have 3 brands and find them all about the same. My Transcend 512MB card was inadvertently sent through the laundry. It still works just fine after 6 months. Colors are still what they should > be in all pics. TG it was cold water. I'm sure a microdrive would have been zonked

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When I started reading "colors are still what they should be" I thought you were talking about the laundry
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. Actually memory will either work or not - you won't start getting poor color saturation or greenish tints, you'll get a "please format card" or "can't read card" type of error.

I've been using 1GB Transcend on my ND with no problems, but we know that's not a warp-speed transfer in that camera.
 
Hello everybody

Just wanted do kindly ask you to stick to the topic. In this case, the topic is: Zeiss Lenses on 20D, not CF-Cards, not Rescue Software, not Microdrives or something else. Please use this forum as a forum and not as a mailing list.
It'll be much easier for information seekers to find something when information is structured.

Thank you in advance and enjoy posting!
Cheers
M;los
 
Further to my original posting, regarding focussing issues, it now seems that I must have been doing something wrong when I performed the initial tests.
The infinity focus IS actually at the infinity mark using the cameraquest adapter, despite what I originally found.
Not sure what I was doing wrong then, very odd, but knowing now that the focus scale is accurate makes using the zeiss lenses on the 20D far easier.
Sorry if I misled anyone.
Matt.
 
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