Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/06/05

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Leitz Photar & Telyt-S lenses
From: Akhil Lal <akhil.lal@bcc.cuny.edu>
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 21:09:18 -0400
References: <001801c0ee4c$49366280$994f149a@hughthompson>

Hello Hugh,

The Photars use a 1"  R.M.S. (Royal Microscope Society) thread if I
remember correctly. Marc, can you confirm this ?

If you can find an original Minolta to R.M.S. flange, and I'm pretty
sure Minolta made these for the SR series, then the Photars (and the
Luminars and various Canon and Olympus micros too) will fit directly on
to this flange, which in turn, will mount on the standard Minolta
bellows.

Regarding the 800 mm Telyt, this is a very expensive lens and today
there may be cheaper alternatives, albeit non Leica, available which
will fit your SRT without the use of adaptors.

If you *must* use the Telyt, get the M version, not the R, and have a
local camera shop fabricate a tube of the appropriate length with a
Minolta male bayonet at one end and a Leica M female mount at the other.
I don't know where you are, but in NY City Pro Camera Repair will make
such an adaptor.  

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Akhil

Hugh Thompson wrote:
> 
> In my recent post, I noted that I now have a Minolta SR T 101 SLR.  Does
> anyone know if the Leitz Photar & Telyt-S lenses will fit?  What are the
> choices, and how much are they?  Is there a special adapter required for the
> MC fitting?
> 
> Many thanks - Hugh Thompson

In reply to: Message from "Hugh Thompson" <painfree@istar.ca> ([Leica] Leitz Photar & Telyt-S lenses)