Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:11 PM 8/10/1999 -0700, Jim Laurel wrote: > >-- Are specific adapters required for each lens, or does each adapter work >with a certain group of lenses? > >-- I keep watching the KEH catalog, but rarely see adapters for sale. Can >anyone recommend a good source for them? > >-- I've seen references to non-Leica adapters here on the LUG. Is there any >substantive difference between the Leica (OEM) and the third party adapters? > There are three diferent adapters made by Leitz: one which will bring up the 35mm frameline in an M6, one which brings up the 50mm frame-line, and one which brings up the 90mm frame-line. These adapters have recently been reproduced under license by J Uhl in Germany and are, I believe, still available new from him. (His shop is "Foto-Hobby" and they have a web-page, I believe, though I do not have the URL at hand.) KEH is arguably the worst single place to look for Leica M gear. Their prices are high, their technical knowledge is low, and the results can be chaotic. I have gotten some good buys there but quit using KEH five or six years back after I had to return three or four howlingly mis-advertised items. They just didn't know the M or LTM systems. Check with Tamarkin, Chatterton, PacRim, Brooklyn Camera Exchange, Mid-West, Pins, Woodmere, or Ritz. All of these understand LTM and M gear. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!