Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/28

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Subject: [Leica] Sony RX1R, now also the Sony A99
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 12:17:00 -0500
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On Jun 28, 2013, at 11:35 AM, Doug Herr wrote:

> No.  Leitax has excellent mount conversion kits for Leica-R lenses to fit 
> Alpha cameras, and since the Leica-R mirror clearance specs appear to have 
> been borrowed from Minolta there are no clearance problems, and a chipped 
> adapter enables the camera's stabilization system, but this does not 
> appeal to me because the 280's auto-diaphragm would be disabled, I have 
> found no mount adapters for my Novoflex/Telyt 560, and I would not be able 
> to use the Leica-R extenders once the R lenses are converted to Alpha 
> mount.

I thought someone was doing body surgery to put an R mount on the Sony 
bodies.
(maybe I was dreaming)

Regards,
George Lottermoser 
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Replies: Reply from steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] Sony RX1R, now also the Sony A99)
 In reply to: Message from wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (Doug Herr) ([Leica] Sony RX1R, now also the Sony A99)