Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/10

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Leicoid Digital.....
From: leica@davidmorton.org
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 23:11:27 +0100

Steve Barbour wrote:

"How can I mount Leica M lenses on to a state of the art digital body,  as
available currently  from  Canon or Nikon?"

You can't. The back focus of M lenses is too small.

Anyway, why would you want to? The resolution of a D1, D1X or D30 is so low
that almost any half decent lens will do. Putting Leica M or R lenses in
front of a 6Mp sensor is a waste of a good lens.

- -- 
David Morton
dmorton@journalist.co.uk

Assiduus usus uni rei deditus et ingenium et artem saepe vincit.

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