[LRflex] Re: I need some advice

Doug Herr wrote:


David Young wrote:

>The Sony (Minolta) cameras, like the Nikons and most cameras, have a
>bigger "registration" - that is, the distance from the film/sensor
>plane, to the lens flange - and Leica lenses will not focus to
>infinity, on either one.
Minor point of clarification - the Nikon register is .5mm shorter than the Leica-R register, not longer. 

Good Mornin' Doug!
You are, of course, right. My point was that there is not sufficient room in which to put an adapter, which will allow infinity focus. The Leitax conversion solves this problem. 

Cheers!



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