Thanks for the feedback. The lack of mirror lockup on the 5D II seems a
bit of a bother but if you've got time to use mirror lock up you can
probably pre-focus with live view and an ordinary adapter.
Chuck Norcutt
On 3/12/2011 4:15 AM, James King wrote:
> If you have one adapter for each lens then there is no need to reprogram,
> The lack of mirror lockup on the 5d mark2 is a disappointment. other
> than that I highly recommend the emf chips.
> James
>
> On 12/03/2011 01:59, usher99@xxxxxxx wrote:
>> I then manually
>> stop the lens down to that app by rotating the app ring and the
>> exposure
>> is spot on and the actual app is recorded in the exif too! Effectively
>> the emf chip is a very good emulation of a canon af lens
>> in manual mode. The only problem I did find is that if I use mirror
>> lock-up on the 5D mark 2 I get a communication error. Mirror lock-up on
>> the 5d mark 1 works fine.
>> Regards
>> James
>>
>>
>> Thanks for the info. I like the fact that the emf chip allows the
>> camera to be used
>> to dial in the aperture for the exif vs fussing with reprogramming the
>> chip.
>> I don't like the MLU issue and the use of the shutter business for
>> programming though.
>> I should try this flavor too. A hybrid would be perfect using the best
>> features of the Optix V chip and this one.
>> Mike
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