Re: [Leica] Weight- was Canon Eos whatever and also F3 (somewhat OT)

[Jeffcoat Photography <jeffcoatphoto@sumter.net>]

In answer to your question about the mounting of the lens from one to the other.
I would think you could find a machinist who could make you anything if the
price is right.
Cheers Wilber GFE

Rod Fleming wrote:

> Hi
>
> Donal wrote
>
> >But add the motor and you have something resembling a boat anchor.  Of
> course, being a sailor, I appreciate that heavy anchors provide a deep
> sense of security.  Try the scales with Eos1, battery pack against the
> F3 and motor.<
>
> Ochone, ochone, Donal, that would hardly be fair........The essential
> difference between the Eos and the F3 in this regard is that the MD4 motor
> is an optional extra, and the F3 is fully functional with human thumb
> advance; whereas with any Eos, you're going to have to lug around those
> batteries. Compare the Eos with an F4E (or an F5- now there's a boat anchor)
> and you're right, but that misses the point.
>
> Which is that relatively small, light, simple SLR cameras like the F3 still
> have a place in the professional toolkit. Put me beside a soccer or a rugby
> match and there's no way I'm leaving that motordrive behind, but take me up
> a mountain track miles from the nearest road and ask me to do a feature on
> conservation, and hey Donal, I don' need to carry no steenkin' motordrive,
> or the batteries!
>
> So I think my comparison with the M2 was fair- the SLR is giving away some
> weight advantage, but the return is being able to clap on that 180mm F2.8
> ED. Actually, since I started using Leicas again, I find that pairing the M
> and short lenses with the F3 and teles works very well for me. Makes for a
> very light, compact, and flexible toolkit. I venture to guess a good few
> others work this way, mixing RF and SLR camera systems as it suits their
> needs.
>
> Now my next point- Mike J stirred me to write of my concern that the F3 had
> been quietly discontinued, but now it seems that this may not be so after
> all. I note that Mike has since posted something of a retraction. Well,
> whatever, I for one would be sorry to see Nikon dispense with the F3. (I
> like the FM2n, but it's not as good, even if it is fully mechanical.)
>
> I guess I'm going to have to wait and see. Nikon UK, FWIW, continue to carry
> a full stock of F3 parts and are supplying new F3s readily.
>
> Meantime may I ask again- is it possible to get an adapter to fit Nikon AI
> lenses on a Leica R, while retaining infinity focus, full aperture metering
> and auto stop-down, or are the two just totally incompatible? If there are
> any engineering designers out there, I have friends here in the precision
> engineering business who might be tempted by the challenge of making such a
> thing.
>
> Cheers
>
> Rod