Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alastair wrote: >I too will be looking for an adaptor to use this lens on the >R series camera. Does anyone know the serial numbers of this device? Just got an R to M adapter for my Leicaflex SL for use with the 280 Telyt, thanks to the advice gleaned from the LUG and the generosity of a LUG member who had one lying around. The number's 14127F. This is really for the original Leicaflex, as it has a diaphragm ring which fools the 'flex's metering system. With the SL you have to use stop-down metering, which is no great pain. To quote Marc Small: >Yes, it will fit your SL. It will not fool the meter to allow stop-down >metering -- the scale with the apertures on it won't work save on the >original Leicaflex models. But it will fit and will work. There IS a >version -- the 14167 -- which will work to fool the meter on the SL, but >this is exceeding rare and, in any event, Leitz recycled the number when >the R's came out to produce the current 14167 which hasn't an aperture >mechanism of any sort. The SL/Telyt combination balances very well on a monopod (using the Telyt's tripod bush, of course). Stop-down metering seems to work well, tho' we'll see when the first results come back. Wide open focussing is very easy - subjectively the SL's screen seems a lot brighter than its Visoflex equivalent. Hope this helps. Slan Alex Alex Hurst Cork Florists 19 Winthrop St, Cork Republic of Ireland Tel: +353 21 270 907 Fax: +353 21 271 248 email: corkflor@iol.ie Website: http://www.flowerlink.com/corkflorists Home website: http://homepages.iol.ie/~corkflor/