Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Walt, I don't know how you feel about adapters, but the LTM can be adapted to many SLR's. I suspect that you will have almost complete focus range to infinity with many cameras. If you have a Leica SLR there are several adapters to mount M lenses and with a LTM-M adapter you could stay Leica. For some things the beast is a marvelous choice for portraits and possibly macro. Don dorysrus@mindspring.com -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Walker Smith Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2004 12:55 AM To: lug@leica-users.org Subject: [Leica] Fast 85mm portraits or joy in melted backgrounds. Don, those are very nice shots and shows that the old Helios can still strut it's stuff. I have a pair of Helios-40's but really haven't had time to play with them. They're both in m-39 thread mount and the only camera I have that they'll fit is a Russian START which, again, I haven't had time to wring out. While they'll screw into a RF Leica screw-mount body, the lens is for SLR's and won't focus correctly for a LTM and, of course, isn't RF coupled. The Helios-40 is a heavy, beast of a lens........ heavy enough that they have a tripod mount on them. Thanks for showing what I can expect from my Helios lenses. Walker Smith _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information