Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/09/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In article <9609191341.ZM12931@ir6mws28.mas.eurocontrol.be>, Henk Thijs <henk.thijs@eurocontrol.be> writes >By accident, a colleague, making room for other stuff, offered me a 1000mm >Russian mirrorlense, incl. two old -42mm- Paktica's, for 70 US Dollar. So I >could not resist, and now I am wondering if there is a possibilty to use this >one on a Leica R3 or R4. And if so, where could I find such a tool. >Thanks in advance, cheers Henk The register of Leica R bodies relative to M42 bodies makes this impossible; to accept an M42 lens and still focus at infinity a body requires a flange to film distance less than that of an M42 body in order to fit an adaptor in between. It will however be possible on a Contax body, or an EOS body (those are the two I've managed to use M42 lenses on) and I think there are a few, but not many, more. See W-J M's web page for details of different registers. -- joe b.