[LRflex] Re: Leicaflex Everready Cases

ballentineg wrote:

>I picked up a Leicaflex Eveready case on EBay awhile back.
>It is NOT a very practical case in that most Leicaflex lenses
>you might want to put on the body are too long for the case.
>Many people opt for the Luigi style "half case" but they are 
>to be frank, greatly over-priced.  If you watch EBay, you can
>pick up from time to time a Chinese Luigi "knock-off" which 
>I bought one of for my M3 a while back as well that is very
>nice and I see nothing at all wrong with it. You'll save about
>$100 over the Luigi at least.  [Luigi is very proud of their 
>cases]
>
>With the half case, you can still hang your camera around
>the neck in front of you and use any lens in your bag on it. 
>

FWIW, Miha found another solution to his SL strap problem so the Leicaflex ER 
case I have is available to other listers if desired, same terms I offered 
Miha:  US$20 plus shipping.  The front half detaches so it can be used as a 
half-case.


>I have a question:  I have a number of nice Leicaflex lenses
>and I was wondering if any adapter exists to use them on a 
>Visoflex II or III for the M3 to share in them if desired ?

Not if you want infinity focus.  The Visoflex plus M body is deeper than the R 
flange-to-film distance.  Leitz used to make an R-to-M adapter that doesn't 
involve the Visoflex.  You get to use  your R lenses on an M body, but 
focussing is by scale only.  Novoflex also makes an adapter like this.

>I also have a number of nice Nikon, Non AI, F/F2 lenses and I
>would very much like to try and use them on my Leicaflex
>SL or SL2 bodies but haven't yet seen any adapter for that.

The the R flange to film distance is only .5 mm longer than the F 
flange-to-film distance so no adapter would allow infinity focus.

>I did read something online that said I could NOT
> use a Leicaflex lens on a Nikon F/F2. Something about that
> the Leicaflex lens would have to fit too far inside the Nikon
> to focus on the film correctly. 

I have heard of a few people *converting* R lenses to Nikon F mount.  Check 
leitax.com, a few months ago the owner told me he was working on an R-to-F 
conversion kit.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com


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