Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/22

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Can Nikkors be used on an R body?
From: Kevin Leong <kevinl@ind.tansu.com.au>
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 10:41:24 +1000
References: <20000821154012.2866.cpmta@c017.sfo.cp.net>
 
telyt560@cswebmail.com wrote:

> The Leica-R body is thicker than a Nikon body, so if there were an adapter you wouldn't get infinity focus.  The same is true of a replacement mount, unless you had a repair technician shave the barrel of the lens down a bit to compensate.  You'd also have to consider mirror clearance, which may be different.

Hmmm, interesting.... if this is the case, is there an R lens converter for Nikon bodies? In light of current discussions on R body reliability (and my own experience), this would be more interesting. :-)

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