Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Exactly what I mean - you have to retrofit the cameras. With a similar retrofit (chipping), many Nikon AIS lenses can also be used for matrix metering. Anyway, my point is - should we be grateful that Nikon has maintained a pretty high degree of compatibility, or keep bashing them because it is not 100%? Cheers Jayanand Govindaraj Chennai, India Douglas Herr wrote: > > On Sep 2, 2006, at 7:54 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > >> I dont understand - arent you all happy that there are Nikon bodies, >> both film and digital, actually available where 30 year old lenses >> can be used? Even in Leica SLR, a much more recent system, the >> lenses are not freely usable between bodies. > > > Any 30-year-old Leica-R lens can be used on the current bodies. With > a simple retrofit nearly all current lenses can be used on a > 30-year-old Leicaflex SL2 camera body with full function, and many > will fit and work perfectly on a 38-year-old Leicaflex SL. Leica even > rebuilds and re-warranties these 38-year-old cameras. There is one > 40-year-old lens that cannot be used on anything but the Leicaflex > Standard; other than this I cannot think of a camera system that > offers as much forward and backward compatability as Leica does > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >