Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/08/21

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Subject: [Leica] Digital Options for R lenses
From: cummer at netvigator.com (H&ECummer)
Date: Thu Aug 21 12:16:57 2008
References: <200808211847.m7LIlJfE020457@server1.waverley.reid.org>

On 22 Aug 2008, at 2:47 AM, lug-request@leica-users.org wrote:

> Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:04:26 -0400
> From: "wildlightphoto@earthlink.net" <wildlightphoto@earthlink.net>
> Subject: [Leica] Another digital option for R lenses
> To: lug@leica-users.org, leica@freelists.org
>
> Conversion kits to mount Leica-R lenses on Pentax bodies:
>
> http://leitax.com/index.html
>
> The kit's designer expects that in about a month he will be able to  
> offer a
> kit to convert Leica-R lenses to Nikon F mount.
>
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>

Now if they get to a R > N option that would be a very attractive  
option!!

Here's a site in Taiwan that already does that conversion.  
Unfortunately only in Chinese!

But the pictures are understandable.

  http://www.bigeye.url.tw/big5/lensdiy.htm

http://www.bigeye.url.tw/big5/lensdiy.htm

Cheers

Howard

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