Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/24

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Subject: [Leica] Can we do things backwards?
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:06:56 -0500
References: <4ABAC84E.1080508@comcast.net> <7ac27f4f0909231905v7badf18ctb40fcacf668eef61@mail.gmail.com>

If your goal is to do macro photography
many adapters can be found
(or fabricated by combining or machining found adapters)
to attach just about any lens to any camera body.

What exactly are you trying to accomplish photographically?

Regards,
George Lottermoser
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On Sep 23, 2009, at 9:05 PM, Richard Man wrote:

> No, the flange to film distance is too large. In other words, the M
> lens has to be mounted BELOW the mounting point.
>
> On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 6:15 PM, Xavian-Anderson Macpherson
> <Shingoshi at comcast.net> wrote:
>> I've seen plenty of adapters to allow a screw mount lens to be  
>> used on a
>> M-body. But is it possible to use an M-lens on a screw mount body?
>>
>> Xavian-Anderson Macpherson
>> ShingoshiDao
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In reply to: Message from Shingoshi at comcast.net (Xavian-Anderson Macpherson) ([Leica] Can we do things backwards?)
Message from richard.lists at gmail.com (Richard Man) ([Leica] Can we do things backwards?)