It won't work. A 50mm lens will only focus to about 6 inches. The shorter the focal length of the lens the closer the focus will be. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Todoroff" <datamaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 6:42 PM Subject: [LRflex] Adapting Leica M lenses to Leica R (?) > Anyone had experience with or know of lens adapters that will put a Leica > M > lens on an R camera mount? I know that such a combination puts the M lens > too far from the body to focus on infinity - sort of like adding an > extension tube to the M lens. But would a 35 or 50mm M lens focus close > enough - say down to ten feet - to be of use for some situations? > Gary T > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.2/293 - Release Date: 3/26/2006 > > ------ > Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm > Archives are at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ > ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/