[Leica] Adapter to fit Leica R lens on EOS.

["RayChan" <ray2chan@singnet.com.sg>]

Dear Bob Keene,

I read with interest on your remark and like to know what's the lens adapter
called and where did you get this from..the price would be helpful too.

Ray
- ----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Keene/Karen Shehade <kabob@tiac.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Thursday, August 05, 1999 2:54 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] loading M6


> Hey Rob-
> just barely trying to keep the sarcasm out of your reply??? :)
> I, too, seem to be 'cursed' with an M6 that always loads, never scratches,
> never seems to have rangefinder problems and takes the best damn shots in
> the world!
> Although I just slapped a 60mm Elmarit-R on an adapter, attached it to my
> Canon EOS A2, and now I have the world by the balls!!!! This seems to be a
> 'Killer' lens!! (thanks E-bay, where bargains CAN be found! 90 Elmarit-R
> for $320.... 60 Elmarit-R Macro for $430!!)
>
> Regards to all-
>
> Bob Keene
>
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> >
> >Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 08:09:21 -0400
> >From: Rob Schneider-Laura Tully <robslaurat@earthlink.net>
> >Subject: Re: [Leica] loading M6
> >
> >I'm sorry, but I don't see why this is a constant topic for
> >discussion.  The instruction manual for the M6 explains how to
> >load the camera (and even says, essentially, don't fuss around
> >too much).  Pull out the leader to reach into the takeup spool,
> >flip up the back, drop in the cassette, make sure the leader
> >drops into to the center of the takeup spool, flip down the back,
> >button up the bottom, wind off two frames, GO.  It takes longer
> >to describe than to do and it WORKS EVERY TIME.
> >
> >I did have an M4-2 for awhile and it would not load so simply.  I
> >believe the spring in the takeup mechanism was shot (probably a
> >50 cent replacement from Leica NJ).  But I've never had a problem
> >loading either of my two M6's by following the directions.  And I
> >get 38 frames on a roll of chromes.
> >
> >I, however, must live in a fool's paradise.  Neither of my
> >cameras scratch up film, my rangefinders are accurate, my meters
> >are accurate, my shutters don't leak light (except when fired),
> >my lenses (all Solms) don't fall apart, my pictures look
> >fantastic.  This is the best 35mm equipment I have ever used.  It
> >does exactly what I want 35mm gear to do.
> >
> >I believe that too many folks around here want Leicas, and
> >particularly the M6, to be something they are not.  It pays to
> >figure out what you want to shoot and how you want to approach
> >your subject, then go buy the right camera for you.  If that
> >camera is a Canon, a Nikon, a Rolleiflex, a Hasselblad, a Sinar
> >4X5, or an APS point-and-shoot, fine.  Get it, master it, go make
> >the photos you want to make.
> >
> >For me, the right 35mm camera is the Leica M6.  Not an M2, not an
> >M3, not a IIIf RDST, not a CL, not a Nikon, not a Canon, an M6.
> >I know how to use it, it does what I want a 35mm camera to do,
> >it's (dare I say it) a finely crafted machine, and a wonderful
> >picture making tool.  An M6 is a pleasure to use.
> >
> >Try it sometime.  I think you'll agree.
> >
> >Rob Schneider
> >
> >NO ARCHIVE
> >
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