[LRflex] Re: A thought on switching lenses to different bodies....
- From: mehrdad <msadat@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:36:06 -0700
there is already a full conversion available for contax n lenses to canon
mount. with AF and aperture working, i have converted some lenses via this
process
http://en.conurus.com/faq.html check it out
On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 1:17 PM, Miha Golobic <miha.golobic@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Yes, but he said: *If this connection were electrical ( think silent motor
> operation) , then the interconnection would be relatively trivial.*
> But in 20+ years there was no adapter made that would fulfill this need,
> or at least I'm not aware of it.
>
> Miha
>
> 2009/8/23 mehrdad <msadat@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Miha, i think frank is talking about electronic and not mechanical
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Miha Golobic <miha.golobic@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>
>>> I don' think so. You can put a nikkor Ais or Af-d lens or an old Pentax
>>> lens or a Leica R/M lens to another body because there is an aperture ring
>>> on the lens. There is no adapter that would take care of the aperture
>>> opening.
>>>
>>> Chhers,
>>> Miha
>>>
>>> 2009/8/23 <red735i@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>>> -- forgot to include my thoughts......
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Now, if this "trend" continues, we may be able to put brand N lenses on
>>>> brand C bodies, pretty easily...... almost like the ease in which the older
>>>> T mounts worked... but electrically. ( A limitation is the distance
>>>> between
>>>> the lens mount and the film plane... called the focal plane registration
>>>> distance).
>>>>
>>>> It may take a few years, but I'll bet it is coming....
>>>>
>>>> Frank Filippone
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Doug reported the Leica S2.
>>>> Canon EOS from 1987, Olympus E-system from 2004
>>>>
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>> regards, mehrdad
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