Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Why? Do you have to ask? Lenses with M mount are useless on thread mount cameras but thread mount lenses are perfectly usable on M mount cameras - and I have both. I have had no problems with adapter getting stuck on the bodies, they come off with lenses. Adapters do not stick on lenses either. If you use good quality adapters, that is - like the CV or Leica ones. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Filippone" <red735i@earthlink.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2004 5:35 AM Subject: RE: [Leica] Cosina/Voigtlander 18mm f:4 ? >I think it is pretty obvious that having an adapter is "silly". It is a > piece of equipment that is not really necessary compared to machining a M > rear lens mount on the LTM lenses, or even permanently gluing one on) , it > is inconvenient, and it sticks to the bodies, and must, at times, be > removed > using the equivalent of a wrench ( the back of CERTAIN Leica M mount back > caps). Remember, these are M cameras with M mounts, not M cameras with > built in LTM adapters on front. > > I realize that you represent the CV company as a distributor of theirs. > You > have done an excellent job of promoting their products. But there > remains > a practical issue of consumer friendliness. LTM lenses with an adapter > are > not consumer friendly to M users. Useable, yes, but not friendly. > > Personally, I would pay extra NOT to have to use the adapters. I bet > there > are others out there that feel the same way...... > > Feel free to chime in now, gang...... CV Lenses with M mounts are > preferred > over LTM lenses with M adapters......for use on a M camera. > > Frank Filippone > red735i@earthlink.net >