Re: Harebrained Idea

David several years ago, back in the late 90's I think it was I had an old Canon 600 4.5 that had been converted to Nikon mount converted to T mount. I have used it on Canon EOS, Nikon, and Leica successfully. I do not know if a Telyt can be done the same. This lens was the original FD 600 4.5 that had the knob focus on it. When the conversion was done all the aperture had to be removed, but heck I buy a long fast lens for the wide aperture anyway so it was not a big deal to me.
There used to be a member of this list named Donal Philby who helped me locate a guy in San Deigo I think it was named Helmut Mueller who did this conversion for me. Helmut is a former Leica guy who now has his own machine shop and has done work on lenses for Sports Illustrated and others. A heck of a nice guy. I no longer have his contact info unfortunately. 

David Young wrote:

All:
I have this harebrained idea about having my 400mm Telyt f6.8 (R-mount) lens converted to a "T" mount. In this way, I could use it with any camera I might purchase, in future, including my Leicas. 

Questions:

[1] Has anybody ever tried this?
[2] Can anybody recommend a repairer who could do this at reasonable cost?
Thanks. 

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