Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Richard, In my opinion, if you are interest in using old Nikon and Canon lenses, why not buy a Nikon or Canon body to put them on? I am sure that those lenses were excellent in their day, but I am equally sure that they are inferior to the modern Cosina/Voigtlander or Leica lenses. If you are on a budget, then save on the body and get something like the Bessa R2 (1/4 of the price of an M6) and put the savings into good, modern glass. Many Leica lenses can be had at reasonable prices on the second-hand market, especially those like the 28mm or 90mm Elmarits which have recently been superceded by excellent Summicrons--the result is that people who are upgrading are putting their Elmarits on the market. Fundamentally, I just fail to see the point of spending $1600 on an M6 or $2200 on an M7 (or whatever the price is these days) and then putting some ancient non-Leica lenses on them to save money. Nathan Richard F. Man wrote: > At 11:49 PM 2/25/2003 -0800, Richard F. Man wrote: > >> Obviously Leica lenses are top class, but I am wondering if you folks >> would recommend a newbie such as myself to play with other lenses. I >> don't mean just new CV ones (although I am getting a 75/2 Heliar), but >> I mean older lens like the Nikkor, Cannon, and may be even Zeiss with >> suitable adapters. I mean looking at Dante's site, some of the Nikkors >> sound really nice. >> ... > > > To answer my own Qs, Stephen Gandy has a whole page on it: > http://www.cameraquest.com/mlenses.htm but most of you probably know > that. Nikkor or Contax do not show up though. I guess the adapters for > them are rare, but this place seems to have some: > http://www.tokiwa.co.jp/ma.html > > > // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com> > <http://www.dragonsgate.net/mailman/listinfo> > On-line orders, support, and listservers available on web site. > [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all > previous replies in your msgs. ] > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: nathanw@bluewin.ch mobile: +41 78 732 1430 Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2003.htm General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html