I was wondering with your letter why you made a point of mentioning that the camera "does focus to infinity," then I looked at the summacumlaude website, with the little insect crawling around it scribing a lazy eight pattern (i.e., infinity). I liked that. David. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Walter Kramer" <walter.kramer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 7:26 PM Subject: [LRflex] Re: R lenses in Nikon DSLRs using Leitax mounts Steve, Yes, these were all taken with the Sigma SD14. It's not an adapter however. A chap in I believe Florida USA converts the camera to a Leica R mount and offers these on Ebay. I emailed him directly and was able to purchase a converted camera for around US $800. The camera does focus to infinity. Once converted you can no longer mount Sigma lenses of which I have zero anyway. http://www.sigmacumlaude.com/ You can purchase the conversion kits or if available buy an SD14 already converted. There is a list of usable lenses on the site however more than these will work. I discovered for myself that both the 70-210 and 80-200 will work fine. The sticking point is how far the rear of the lens protrudes into the camera and whether the rear light shade on some R lenses needs to be trimmed. Some lenses may not be suitable at all, so far I have used. 50mm cron. (I had to shave a millimetre or so off the rear light shade for this to fit) 90mm cron (no issues) 70-210mm (no issues) 80-200mm (no issues) 35-70mm 3.5 (no issues) 35-70mm 4.0 (no issues) Walter On Sat, 2009-08-22 at 18:01 -0700, Steve Barbour wrote:
On Aug 22, 2009, at 5:49 PM, Walter Kramer wrote: > I suppose only Leica know why it is taking so long. Maybe it takes > time > to set up a deal to make leica branded adapters in China. Hate to be > cynical. > > It's hard to see where the incentive is for Leica to bother with a > 'solution' at all since they won't make any money out of it. > Perhaps to > retain an R customer base and hope that some of these people will > purchase other Leica products in the future, eg., a baby S2. > Unfortunately Leica missed the boat in helping R shooters a few years > ago when a good proportion would have seriously considered upgrading > to > a new digital R platform. > > Anyway, I'll wait and see what happens. Here's one more Sigma/Leica > sample I meant to include with the last post, this is with the macro > option activated on the 35-70mm f4.0. It was a bit windy as you can > tell from the blur in the right hand background > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/25126059@N02/3847144092/sizes/l/ your photos with leica R/Sigma are terrific... really quite wonderful and thought provoking, these are with the SD14 ? and what sort of adapter makes it happen...? Steve > > Walter > > On Sat, 2009-08-22 at 17:16 -0700, Steve Barbour wrote: >> On Aug 22, 2009, at 4:44 PM, Walter Kramer wrote: >> >>> Aram, >>> >>> Just to put my little bit in. I won't be going down the Nikon/ >>> Leitax >>> path yet but will rather wait for the 'solution' from Leica. >> >> >> it's revealing that Leica has the "solution", they just won't say >> what >> it is, >> >> while many of their potential supporters are jumping ship, or already >> have... >> >> and really, I'd consider the DMR, except it's huge,heavy, expensive, >> there are precious few parts, fewer batteries...soon none... >> >> >> the DMR takes great photos, but as a long term solution or an >> investment, it's scary, sadly it's a bridge to nowhere... >> >> >> what in the world are they waiting for? >> >> >> Steve >> >> >> >> >> >>> I still >>> use my R lenses with 35mm cameras and a semi permanent conversion is >>> too >>> fiddly so adapters will have to suffice for digital capture. >>> >>> Sigma is an option but it would be better to convert the camera >>> rather >>> than the lens. It's one conversion as opposed to converting every >>> lens >>> you want to use on the camera. Many but not all R lenses will >>> mount. >>> You have to live with the crop factor and the limitations of the >>> camera. >>> Here are a couple of samples using the 35-70mm f4.0 on the SD14: >>> >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/25126059@N02/3845279432/sizes/l/ >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/25126059@N02/3678312590/sizes/l/in/set-72157619149039949/ >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/25126059@N02/3715677425/sizes/l/in/set-72157619149039949/ >>> >>> >>> And the 90mm Cron >>> >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/25126059@N02/3764701593/sizes/l/in/set-72157619149039949/ >>> >>> And the 80-200 f4.0 >>> >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/25126059@N02/3806884493/sizes/l/in/set-72157619149039949/ >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/25126059@N02/3780074051/sizes/l/in/set-72157619149039949/ >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/25126059@N02/3784673520/sizes/l/in/set-72157619149039949/ >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, 2009-08-22 at 12:07 -0700, Aram Langhans wrote: >>>> I also see my second most used lens, the 35-70/4 is a ROM and it >>>> says it is >>>> not convertible. Too bad. Could be converted to Sigma, however, >>>> according >>>> to their web site. >>>> >>>> Aram >>>> >>>> -------------------------------------------------- >>>> From: "H&E Cummer" <cummer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 10:02 AM >>>> To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>> Subject: [LRflex] R lenses in Nikon DSLRs using Leitax mounts >>>> >>>>> I forgot to mention in my earlier post that I also converted my >>>>> R28 >>>>> Elmarit ROM to Nikon Leitax. ROM lenses tend to be more expensive >>>>> used >>>>> than earlier lens and for conversion it doesn't matter which >>>>> version so >>>>> photographers considering buying Leica R lenses to convert should >>>>> look >>>>> for the cheaper (earlier) ones. Two of my lenses were ROM - the >>>>> 100 Macro >>>>> and the 28 Elmarit. All the others were older versions. >>>>> Cheers >>>>> Howard >>>>> ------ >>>>> Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: >>>>> http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ >>>>> Archives are at: >>>>> //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ >>>>> >>>> ------ >>>> Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: >>>> http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ >>>> Archives are at: >>>> //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/>>> -- >>> Walter Krämer>>> walter.kramer@xxxxxxxxxxxx >>> walter.kramer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> Bus: 03 9854 2468 >>> Mob: 0414 884 965 >>> >>> ------ >>> Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: >>> http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ >>> Archives are at: >>> //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ >> >> >> warm regards, Steve >> steve.barbour@xxxxxxxxx >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------ >> Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: >> http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ >> Archives are at: >> //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/> -- > Walter Krämer> walter.kramer@xxxxxxxxxxxx > walter.kramer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Bus: 03 9854 2468 > Mob: 0414 884 965 > > ------ > Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ > Archives are at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ warm regards, Steve steve.barbour@xxxxxxxxx ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/
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