Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]http://www.cameraquest.com/adaptnew.htm Adapters for rangefinder lenses and SLRs will have to be custom-made and will lose infinity focus, unless optical elements are added. But then again, why not use your Leica lenses with a Leica body? Getting a user body is probably easier and you'd retain full-aperture metering plus any available exposure-automation. Andrew >From: Andrea Cucina <CucinaA@missouri.edu> >Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 18:15:18 -0600 > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >What makes the picture is the lens, not the body. >I would prefer to search for an adapter to use my Leica lenses on >other brand name bodies and not adapt a Nikon lens on a R8 body >(with all the respect for Adam of course). >It cannot be Nikon, but it can be Minolta, Olympus >and what else I do not know. >In this regard, does any of you know of where to >find such an adapter for Leica lens on a Minolta or >Olympus or whatelse body? > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html