Re: [Leica] R Lenses on Canon bodies?

[John Collier <jbcollier@shaw.ca>]

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On Dec 5, 2003, at 6:45 AM, Howard Ritter wrote:

> Pardon my ignorance, but once again in this forum I see reference to 
> using
> Leica R lenses on Canon SLR bodies. Intriguing idea, of course, given 
> the
> reviews that Canon's CMOS-sensor implementation has gotten--not to 
> mention
> the possibility of a quick and affordable route to digital for us 
> owners of
> R gear.
>
> But--how is this done? Surely no mechanical adapter would be possible, 
> and
> Canon wouldn't have adopted the Leica R mounting architecture for its 
> SLRs
> (or would that be vice-versa?), would they? Or is one of my assumptions
> incorrect?

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