[LRflex] Re: Adapting Leica M lenses to Leica R (?)
- From: "Dave Saalsaa" <dsaalsaa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 08:03:41 -0600
Ah, Gary, your 50mm lens would not become equivalent to a 25mm lens on your
E-330, it would become a longer lens. I don't know the factor but probably
something in the 80mm range. One thing I have done with some of my older
Leica lenses like the 135mm Hector is unscrew the lens capsule from the
Hector barrel and use it with the focusing barrel for Visoflex. That
focusing barrel with the correct adapter tube and adapter to my Canon 20D
works well as a macro lens. Surprisingly well in fact. I use a Leica M to
R adapter and then a Leica R to EOS adapter. You can do the same thing with
the other Visoflex compatible lenses as long as you have the correct tube to
mount them to the focusing barrel and still maintain infinity focus. But a
simpler and much less expensive solution is to buy an M 42 adapter and use
some of the old Pentax Takumar lens which can be picked up for less than
$20 on ebay. All of the Takumar 50mm lenses are superb. The 35mm f/3.5
Takumar would be close to the 50mm focal length on your E-330. I also use
(to keep this more on topic) the Leica 35mm Elmarit R with adapter on my 20D
and it gives very nice results. Super sharp lens and since you are
basically using the center of the optical coverage it works well wide open.
Have fun playing with different lenses and adapters. I am having a ball
trying out new things and cobbling up different combinations.
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Todoroff" <datamaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 11:59 PM
Subject: [LRflex] Re: Adapting Leica M lenses to Leica R (?)
> Juan and Jerry - actually I do have some Visoflex capable lenses and some
> of
> the adapters. May have to give it a try. With all the great features of
> the
> Olympus E-330, there is nothing that gives me the equivalent of my
> Summilux
> 50/1.4 on an M3. With the FourThirds format, how great would it be to have
> a
> small, sharp, prime lens 25mm f1.4?!
> Gary
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: leicareflex-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:leicareflex-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Juan Gea-Banacloche
>> 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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