Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/14

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Konica KM mount
From: Paul Chefurka <Paul_Chefurka@pmc-sierra.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 06:54:19 -0700

If the mounts are indeed incompatible in some way, it would have been smart
of Konica to avoid the letter M.  What the rep said strikes me as pure
marketese.  For Konica to introduce an "M" mount with even minor
incompatibility would seem foolish in the extreme.

Paul Chefurka

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mikiro [mailto:arbos@silva.net]
> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 1999 6:49 AM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: [Leica] Konica KM mount
> 
> 
> Hi, all.  I asked the customer service of Konica about a 
> compatibility issue.
> 
> <Q> Can I use Leica M lenses on Hexar RF and M-Hexanon lenses 
> on Leica M
> bodies?
> <A> Please use M-Hexanon lenses on Hexar RF.  The KM mount is 
> our original.
> 
> Now I am not sure if a Hexar RF is really Leica-M compatible.
> It seems that they try to avoid even mentioning the name "Leica".
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Mikiro
> Strasbourg, Europe
> http://arbos.silva.net
> 
>