On 10/8/05, Pancho Hasselbach, discombobulated, unleashed: >now I realize that the person I was somehow thinking of everytime I saw >those gizmos was you! >I hope that thing works, curious to hearing news about it, althogh I >don't own an EOS.
Er thanks Pancho. Oddly enough, my first impressions: At first glance, the adapter does work, but the orientation is wildly out, meaning that when fitted, the 'top' of the lens (focus and aperture top dead centre mark) is right underneath somewhere! So instead of the focus and aperture mark being at the 12 o'clock position as normal, it's at the 5 o'clock position! If the lens/adapter is placed on the camera correctly, then the detent for the lens release button is in the wrong place, and there's nothing for the lens release pin to fall into and stop the lens from turning on the mount any further. It's not possible to mount the adapter onto the lens at the proper place, it only fits on at one of the three flange entry points. So the answer is to drill a lens release button hole in the correct place, then it will mate correctly and turn and stop in the right place, and the lens release button can then be depressed to get the lens off. I don't know if this is a design fault, or if it's a one-off with this particular adapter. maybe it was offered up to the milling machine xxx degrees out of where it should have been. Mr Rolfo's English is not the best I don't think, but I may have a crack at him soon. The actual adapter is an M42/EF adapter that has been milled and gouged by proper machinery so it does the job. Just the orientation on my example is totally out... More soon. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________
