Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/06/17

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Subject: [Leica] Other Lenses on an SL?
From: robertmeier at usjet.net (robertmeier@usjet.net)
Date: Thu Jun 17 20:29:12 2004
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John,

Sigh, I was afraid that was the case.  Thanks for going over it again for
me.

Bob


> We have been over this before and unfortunately the mount to film plane
> distance of the R is larger than either Nikon or Canon. So you could
> nor focus the lenses to infinity.
>
> (This is from memory but I think it is correct)
>
> John Collier
>
> On Jun 17, 2004, at 6:16 PM, robertmeier@usjet.net wrote:
>
> > Are there any adapters made to use either Nikon or Canon FD lenses on
> > an SL?
> > Aperture coupling would not be needed, nor, for that matter, would the
> > exposure meter need to work.  Just if the lenses could focus to
> > infinity I
> > would be happy.
>
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In reply to: Message from george at imagist.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] An R series question)
Message from leica_korenman at hotmail.com (eric) ([Leica] An R series question)
Message from alal at duke.poly.edu (A. Lal) ([Leica] An R series question)
Message from robertmeier at usjet.net (robertmeier@usjet.net) ([Leica] Other Lenses on an SL?)
Message from jbcollier at shaw.ca (John Collier) ([Leica] Other Lenses on an SL?)