Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On the LUG, Erwin Puts, or someone else, wrote: > Having established in previous newsletters that there is more to > Konica/Leica lens compatibility than the simple measurement of the > distance from flange to pressure plate, I did some further research, now > testing in real life with 100 ISO slide film all leica lenses from 24 to > 135mm on a calibrated M6 and a factory provided Hexar, which had the > distance from pressure plate to flange of 27.95mm, thus identical to > Leica but differing from the Konica specs. > As you recall, the Lug was very quick to some simple checks, which in my > view were done not to find the truth, but to 'prove' that nothing is > wrong. This view has been canonized in Nemeng's FAQ. > My results are different. etc. My lingering curiousity is why a manufacturer (Konica) would commit the time and effort to knock off the functionality of the Leica M, duplicate the Leica M lens mount and then make the camera incompatible with Leica M lenses. If the Hexar RF was not intended to be used effectively with Leica M lenses (I don't care what the CYA language says in the manual), why bother to use the Leica M mount at all? Why not some proprietary Hexar RF mount? Aren't the Bessa cameras compatible with Leica screwmount lenses? It's not as if other manufacturers (Konica, for instance) lack the technological sophistication to get the tolerances correct. Rob Schneider __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/