Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/28

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Subject: [Leica] Hard to walk away from the R
From: wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (wildlightphoto at earthlink.net)
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 00:40:44 -0400

Frank wrote:

>>>
Is there any reason that an adapter could not be made to use Visoflex
lenses 
on the S2?  WIll the lens register allow this to work?
<<<

IDK about the S2's mount register, but another possible problem is the
narrow throat of the Visoflex 
mount that can cause serious vignetting beyond the 24mm x 36mm image
circle, particularly with long-
focus lenses like the 400mm and 560mm f/5.6 and f/6.8 Telyts.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com

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