[LRflex] Re: Adapting Leica M lenses to Leica R (?)
- From: Juan Gea-Banacloche <banacloj@xxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 23:42:22 -0500
Gary,
You can always use Visoflex lenses-- I don't know there is any option
shorter than 65mm, but you may be able to get 65, 90, 135 and 280mm.
Then you need the adapter 14167 on one of its incarnations...
On Mar 26, 2006, at 9:08 PM, Gary Todoroff wrote:
> Well, that settles that, unless I want to do portrait photography -
> - - one
> eye at a time!
> Thanks, Dave.
> Gary
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>
>> 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>
>
>>> 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
>>> --
>>
>>
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