[LRflex] Re: A Huge Thank You for the Nikon/Leitax Question That was asked!
- From: Steve Barbour <steve.barbour@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 14:45:11 -0700
On Aug 22, 2009, at 2:30 PM, Richard Ward wrote:
Hello Group,
I wanted to send out a huge thank you for the member who started
the Nikon Leitax inquiry thread. To be perfectly honest, I thought
that 'Leitax' was simply another member in the pack of Leica R Mount
to (insert brand) mount adapter makers out there in the world. Life
goes so much better when one doesn't assume things one ought not to
be assuming about, especially when the little google search window
is sitting right there in my browser window! When I tardily did so,
I was quite startled to see that the Leitax adapters are 'semi-
permanent' mount adapters which screw right onto the backs of R
mount lenses. That is quite a leg up on most of it's competition in
the durability and long term optical repeatability department (but
those would be assumptions again and look where assumming stuff got
me regarding these adapters in the first place!).
I won't be going the Leitax route though, I have already made the
'commitment' to two seperate af-chipped & exif programmable R-to-EOS
adapters out of the Ukraine for each of my recently acquired Leica
Lenses. Those would be a Summicron 50/f2 and a Elmarit 90/f2.8. Til
the pokey international shipping methods involved come through, I've
got them safely tucked away waiting for the chance to go out and
play with my new toys. All I can say about the two lenses is that if
they take pictures half as good as handling them feels, my pictures
will be gorgeous and the limiting factor on any of my image's
inherent quality is gonna rest with the guy behind the aperture ring
and not the glass in front of it!
Yes! Lowly Tamron zoom mucking around my equipment bag - I'm talking
about you!
Sorry Zeiss Pancolar 50/f1.8 - you're no longer my favorite anymore.
Your East German Bits wrapped around those nice optics can't hold a
light next to either of my new Leica friends - probably ANY Leica R
lens for that matter!
In time my adapters will arrive and I'll get some images posted to
flikr to share, but for now they sit safely tucked away.
Richard in MIchigan
:-) With tongue firmly planted in his cheek! :-)
I just posted an image of grass with an adapter, Leica R to Oly
E3...the adapter with a new chip , focus confirmation, that works very
nicely, though in the immediate/long run I will use the same lens on a
Nikon with a leitax adapter when it arrives,
I believe that I will very slowly go the R to Nikon route with Leitax
help, using a few carefully chosen R lenses..
Steve
Steve
From: Aram Langhans <leica_r8@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 3:07:08 PM
Subject: [LRflex] Re: R lenses in Nikon DSLRs using Leitax mounts
I also see my second most used lens, the 35-70/4 is a ROM and it
says it is not convertible. Too bad. Could be converted to Sigma,
however, according to their web site.
Aram
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warm regards, Steve
steve.barbour@xxxxxxxxx
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