Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > >