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

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Subject: [Leica] Sony RX1R, now also the Sony A99
From: steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 10:40:23 -0700
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On Jun 28, 2013, at 10:17 AM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> wrote:

> 
> 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.



possibly it was stimulated by Doug's wishful thinking...


Steve



> (maybe I was dreaming)
> 
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In reply to: Message from wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (Doug Herr) ([Leica] Sony RX1R, now also the Sony A99)
Message from imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] Sony RX1R, now also the Sony A99)