[Leica] Leica R lenses on Nikon bodies with the Leitex bayonet

[grduprey at mchsi.com (grduprey@mchsi.com)]

Now if someone would come up with a R to Nikon Body mount conversion, I 
would be interested. ?I have no desire to change the mounts on my R lenses.


Gene? -------------- Original message from "David Rodgers" 
<drodgers@casefarms.com>: --------------


> Howard,
> 
> I'll be very interested to hear how the 19 R performs. I probably went
> on more than I should have regarding the conversion. Personally, I was a
> little nervous about the level of difficulty. But as I said, changing
> the bayonet was pretty simple. 
> 
> It made me realize that Leica lenses are expensive for a reason. They
> are extremely well machined. Plus the components are top quality. I
> could feel quality just by removing the bayonet screws. I've worked on
> industrial machinery enough to know that not all nuts and bolts are of
> the same quality. I'm sure Leica only uses the best materials. And they
> spare no expense in machining to very high standards. 
> 
> I've taken apart lenses that were broken, not to fix them but just to
> see how they were made. Not Leica lenses (they never break :-) ) but
> others brands. Leica lenses are special. Nothing compares, all things
> are considered, IMHO. 
> 
> DaveR
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: H&ECummer [mailto:cummer@netvigator.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 9:09 PM
> To: lug@leica-users.org
> Subject: [Leica] Leica R lenses on Nikon bodies with the Leitex bayonet
> 
> Dear David,
> Thanks for your extensive report.
> I am glad that the bayonet change was easy and trouble free. I have  
> three bayonets in the mail and will be changing my 19 Elmarit Version  
> 1, my 90 Summicron and my old faithful 180 APO f3.4 as soon as the  
> bayonets arrive.
> Should be later this week. David Llado told me that ROM lenses may  
> need special attention so I am holding off changing my 28 Elmarit ROM  
> and 100 Elmarit APO Macro ROM until others have done it. The 100  
> Elmarit also requires a 10 hole bayonet - not the 6 hole the other  
> lenses use. I am most interested in the performance of my 19 Elmarit  
> on the D700 and whether it will be suitable for panos. I think the  
> mating of Leica R glass with the D700 is a marriage made in heaven -  
> the best glass on a state of the art digital body with wonderful low  
> light high ISO performance. The fact that you get focus confirmation  
> is just icing on the cake.
> I look forward to seeing some sample pictures. Mine will be up as soon  
> as they are made.
> Cheers
> Howard
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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