Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/10/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 14167 Adaptor
From: Marc James Small <msmall@infi.net>
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2002 14:18:34 -0400
References: <000d01c26fac$fd9c9270$b3567450@rob>

At 12:41 AM 10/10/02 +0800, Lee Yan Zhan wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Does anyone knows if this adapter can be used to mount M lens on R bodies in
>step-down mode?  I hear it only works strictly for viso lens.

Lee

Due to the difference in back-focus (that is, optical registration), M
lenses cannot be mounted on an R camera and preserve infinity focus.  There
are three different versions of the 14127 and 14167 adapters but all are
intended to fit Visoflex lenses onto the R cameras.

Marc

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