Re: [Leica] Adapters for other cameras/lenses

[John Collier <jbcollier@home.com>]

Stephen Gandy has a write up on the adapters at his web site. He also sells
them. The site may be down for repairs but here is the URL:

http://www.cameraquest.com/classics.htm

John Collier

> From: Kip Babington <cbabing3@swbell.net>
> 
> There were several adapters offered recently on Ebay to allow mixing and
> matching
> Leica and other equipment.  The one I wanted was a Nikon to Visoflex tube,
> that
> would allow a Nikon body to be put on a Visoflex lens or, more usefully for
> me, on a
> Visoflex/bellows setup to allow more convenient metering and/or TTL flash (I
> don't
> have, and don't want, an M6 TTL, but I do have some Nikon bodies).  The only
> one
> that sold was one to put Leica R lenses on a Leica M body, at $180.  None of
> the
> others met the (unstated) reserve.
> 
> I have a recollection of seeing these adapters written up somewhere in the
> last year
> or so (probably Shutterbug) or maybe it was just an advertisement.  Does
> anyone know
> where these things might be available for sale, as compared to the one at a
> time
> process of Ebay?  They do not look homemade, so presumably they're being
> produced
> somewhere.
> 
>