Hello Juan All, When I went to David Young's place we tried the Tamron Zoom I had on his R8. But we did present it on the body without actually mounting it. It seemed not to be adapted. FWIW. --------------------------------- Xavier F. BILLE Maisons-Alfort - France. >From: Juan Gea-Banacloche <banacloj@xxxxxxx> >Reply-To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: Alan Siegle <alansiegle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >CC: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [LRflex] Re: DMR Question - Adaptall mount lenses >Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 23:53:34 -0500 > >Alan, >I am checking it as I write: it is an adaptall 2 for R4. It >explicitly says it cannot be used with the R3 or the Leicaflex/SL/ >SL2. The mount itself only says L/R. >For mounting and unmounting it on the lens I just follow the >instructions: align green dots and turn clockwise. The coupling key >of the mount typically slides into the matching slot on the lens >aperture ring. No problem mounting the lens on the (very early) R8. > >Juan > >On Mar 31, 2006, at 11:04 AM, Alan Siegle wrote: > > > Juan, > > > > Which Adaptall mount do you have. Is there any special markings on > > the one you have. > > > > Thanks for the information. > > > > Alan > > > > From: Juan Gea-Banacloche <banacloj@xxxxxxx> > > Subject: [LRflex] Re: DMR Question - Adaptall mount lenses > > Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 09:20:37 -0500 > > > > This depends on the mount. I am sure they are not recommended, but I > > mounted and used the 17mm successfully on my R8. I don't know what > > the differences are (other than there was an adaptall II mount for > > the R3 and another for the R4 and then the adaptall II R mount), but > > I know mine works just fine in terms of exposure (it gives wrong > > aperture information in the viewfinder, but it does not seem to > > matter). > > > > > > alansiegle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > View my photographs by visiting my Homepage at- http:// > > homepage.mac.com/alansiegle > > > >------ >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/