Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/26

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Subject: [Leica] Adapting Leica M lenses to Leica R (?)
From: don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)
Date: Sun Mar 26 16:48:09 2006
References: <4426914E.7070707@gmx.de> <CFELKCLHIHEIPLFOMFNNMEBHLJAA.datamaster@northcoastphotos.com>

Gary,
The short answer, no.  If you go up to a 135mm then you get some reasonable
working distance.

Don
don.dory@gmail.com


On 3/26/06, Gary Todoroff <datamaster@northcoastphotos.com> wrote:
>
> Anyone had experience with or know of lens adapters that will put a Leica
> M
> lens on an R camera mount? I know that such a combination puts the M lens
> too far from the body to focus on infinity - sort of like adding an
> extension tube to the M lens. But would a 35 or 50mm M lens focus close
> enough - say down to ten feet - to be of use for some situations?
> Gary T
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In reply to: Message from douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp) ([Leica] Coming out)
Message from datamaster at northcoastphotos.com (Gary Todoroff) ([Leica] Adapting Leica M lenses to Leica R (?))