[Leica] R mount lenses on Micro Four Thirds

[jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)]

Hi Geoff,

I thought that one of the main attractions of the micro four thirds cameras 
was the ability to use M lenses with adapters.  R lenses work well with the 
original four thirds system, which, to me, offers a lot more flexibility 
than the micro system.  I have been using them that way for a couple of 
years.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Geoff Hopkinson" <hopsternew at gmail.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2010 11:45 PM
Subject: [Leica] R mount lenses on Micro Four Thirds


>A question for the people shooting with the micro four thirds cameras. Not
> intended to annoy anyone or aggravate any old sensitivities.
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> Along with my friend Alastair, I attended the recent PMA show in Australia
> and enjoyed looking at the new products with opportunities to try some and
> listen to some expertise  in SOME cases.
> I checked out the Panasonic range and came home with a nice system 
> brochure
> as my wife is interested in a new travel camera. They list both M and R
> mount adapters for their cameras. Is the R adapter old news to you folks?
> The part number is DMW-MA3R. If this is known and available, is anyone 
> using
> some of their R lenses on these bodies? I've heard and read lots about M
> lenses being adapted of course, but I don't recall anyone mentioning the R
> range. I wondered if this was intended to be the 'solution' for R lens
> owners to be able to use their lenses on a digital body.
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> I was also interested to read that only the DG Macro Elmarit 45 is shown 
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> made with measurement systems and quality assurance Leica certified (for
> whatever that's worth, I'm sure that it doesn't bother most users). I 
> guess
> that everything else is now just labelled Lumix?
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> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
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