Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Javier, > Howdy > You would have to make a shutter body with a back > flange on one side and a lens flange on the other with > the correct back focus. To do what? Is what you are saying to make a whole new body to mount an M lense to? That sounds counter to what you've been saying... > Of course it would cost a lot and would not have an > RF. > Sort of like an old SWC body but with a removable > lens. I guess it would be usable for scientific stuff. They exist. I've made quite a few. It's how I test out new designs. It's called a "testbed". Hardly practical for out in the world use or even as a product, to unrefined. > The one advantage would be that a lot of those high > end backs have 24 x 36 or bigger sensors and most > Leitz lenses have generous image circles. My 90 > Summicron m will cover 6 x 6 I don't know about that...and I really doubt it, not at the focal length it's designed for. Austin - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html