Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/27
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You must stop down meter, but automatic metering (aperture priority)
continues. Automatic diaphragm control is lost.
kw
>At 02:16 PM 3/27/98 -0800, Bill Larsen wrote:
>>I hate to revisit this topic. I called a knowledgeable Leica dealer today
>to order a 14167 adapter. I want to adapt my 1962 vintage 4/200 Telyt to
>my NEW (to me) R6. I have been using the Telyt on a Viso III with the
>16466M adapter.
>>
>>The dealer told me that it would not work.
>
>I wish you would tell the LUG which "knowledgeable Leica dealer" this was,
>so we can make our own minds up whether or not to avoid him/her!
>
>HANDBOOK OF THE LEICA SYSTEM (9/95 edition), page 1-12:
>
>Adapter for the use of VISOFLEX 2/3 lenses from the LEICA M range on the
>LEICA R (at working aperture).
>
>I believe the last means that you lose any automatic metering and have to
>use stop-down metering.
>
>Marc
>
>
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