re: R Lenses

[Chris Fortunko <fortunko@boulder.nist.gov>]

John,

Thank you for this explanation. Do you know if the SL2 also suffers from
this limitation. I know that the SL2 is a little different than the SL.
Because of this difference, it can accomodate a few more lenses than the SL.

I have a 50mm Summicron that was converted to 3-cam operation. It works fine.

This information is important to me. I do not own an R camera at present,
except for the SL2, but will probably buy an R7 in the future. There are
times when I wish I had some automation, particularly aperture priority.

Again, thank you.

Chris


At 03:12 PM 12/25/96 -0800, you wrote:
>There are some of the three cammed lenses that will on work on the 
>SL or the Standard bodies.  but, this has nothing to do with the 
>camming.In fact I have 35mm Summicron that was converted from 2 to 3
>cams that will not fit onto my SL.  The reason being that the SL has a 
>removeable plate over (superior to) the lens mount.  This plate allows 
>you to adjust the meter.  Some of the lenses have a wide shoulder (for
>lack of a better term) that hits this meter adjustment cover.  Now if you 
>really want to be able to use this camera with all of the lenses all one 
>need do is use a half-round or rat-tale file. File out a half moon in the 
>bottom center of this plate.  I have not done this since I have not been 
>able to locate a replacement plate.  
>	On the standard bodies the meter rests just above the lens mount.
>this will not allow you to mount some the later lenses.  In fact Tamron 
>made an adapter for the SL and a different one for the R camera.  If you 
>look around at the flea markets you can find the OLDER Tamron adapter for 
>a few bucks.
>
>BTW I am in Philadelphia
>John
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