[LRflex] Re: A stupid question concerning ROM
- From: "Aram Langhans" <leica_r8@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 17:21:05 -0700
Ah, that explains why I can't mount my 100 APO on my Novoflex bellows. The
flange does not turn. Good thing I never tried to force it.
>From: Doug Herr <telyt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [LRflex] Re: A stupid question concerning ROM
>Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2005 21:53:16 -0700
>
>on 10/8/05 8:39 PM, M7 at photo-m7@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > ... the only thing
> > which makes me wonder is ROM effect on pre-R8 cameras. ROM lenses meter
> > just fine at all metering modes for R-series bodies (R3-R9) because the
> > third cam is still installed on the lens. ROM lenses just don't work
> > with Leicaflex bodies because of the absence of the first and second
> > cams.
>
>John, it's not just the absence of the first and second cams. The flange
>is
>slightly different and a ROM lens can only be mounted on an R3 or newer
>body. The reason is that the ROM contacts occupy the space whee the first
>cam was. If a ROM lens were mounted on an SL2 or Leicaflex Standard, the
>ROM comtacts would be damaged by the body's cam follower. I recently
>upgraded my 80-200 f/4 from ROM to 3-cam (yes I consider this an upgrade).
>It now works perfectly on everything from the Leicaflex Standard to the R8.
>
>Doug Herr
>Birdman of Sacramento
>http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
>
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