Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello Tina I don't have an exhaustive answer, but the Long focus lenses from 125-560mm were made for the Visoflex, reason being that the RF baseline was now not long enough for accurate focusing. This is quite comprehensive about Visoflex lore: http://elshaw.tripod.com/Visoflex/Visoflex.html ...Vick Tina Manley wrote: > At 09:18 PM 4/3/2009, you wrote: >> Ummm, yeah >> >> From all that I can tell, the 65mm Elmar and 16464 adapter combination >> was intended for the Visoflex, not direct mount to an M. >> >> There is an adapter combination to allow the Visoflex lenses to be used >> on R cameras, but I don't think that is where you are going. >> >> ...Vick > > Right. It never occurred to me that the lens would be made to work > only on the Visoflex. Is this the only lens made to work only on the > Visoflex? Sorry to be so stupid about this, but I'm not an equipment > person! > > Anybody want to sell me a 75/2.0 Summicron? I'm pretty sure that will > fit on the M8 ;-) > > Tina > > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >