Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sounds like something the legal dept. has instructed them to say. If the rumor is true that Leitz is bent out of shape over a design infringement. I'm confused, though. I thought that the M-mount patent has expired. CHandos At 12:48 PM 10/14/1999 +0200, you wrote: >Hi, all. I asked the customer service of Konica about a compatibility issue. > ><Q> Can I use Leica M lenses on Hexar RF and M-Hexanon lenses on Leica M >bodies? ><A> Please use M-Hexanon lenses on Hexar RF. The KM mount is our original. > >Now I am not sure if a Hexar RF is really Leica-M compatible. >It seems that they try to avoid even mentioning the name "Leica". > >Cheers, > > > > >Mikiro >Strasbourg, Europe >http://arbos.silva.net Chandos Michael Brown Assoc. Prof., History and American Studies College of William and Mary http://www.wm.edu/CAS/ASP/faculty/brown