Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I too cannot think of a personal use for it but it is pretty damn clever! John Collier On Nov 19, 2004, at 11:06 AM, Emanuel Lowi wrote: > B. D. Colen wrote: >> >>> Am I the only one amused by people searching for >> various ways to mount >>> non-Leica SLR lenses on their Leica Ms, when the >> watchword for this list >>> has always been "It's the glass, stupid!" followed >> closely by "a body is >>> just a box on which to mount Leica glass." >> > > I have just uncorked a bottle of Beaujolais Nouveau > and am raising a purple toast to you, B.D., on this > glorious day when we once again (after all too long) > find ourselves in utter agreement. Here's to looking > at you, B.D.! > > Bolting non-Leica SLR lenses onto an M strikes me as > even loonier than Solms reviving the rewind knob on > the new MP. > > But I do not begrudge Mr. Gandy earning a livelihood > via peddling to the soft-minded those products of some > adapter-mad netherworld.