Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/11/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, quite right, I did forget to mention that the lenses were SLR ... ! Good guess! JM Jean-Michel Mertz Strasbourg > From: john at mcmaster.co.nz > To: lug at leica-users.org > Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2014 04:42:56 +0000 > Subject: Re: [Leica] M8 and "old" lenses? > > I think he is using SLR lenses... > > john > > -----Original Message----- > > I use my newly acquired 1953 collapsible Summicron on the M8 with no > issues. If "close focusing is a guessing game" then something is wrong > with your lens or the adapter. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > > > On 05 Nov 2014, at 16:02, Jean-Michel Mertz <j2m46 at hotmail.fr> wrote: > > > Hello everyone, > > I use my "old" Leica LTM lenses on my M8, no problem. I've come to also > > use two of my old Minolta rokkor lenses on that same M8 body (+ Fotodiox > > adapter). The results appear to be OK: > > > > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Jean-Michel/minolta/L1091751.jpg.html> > > > > But focusing at the infinite is only possible at 5m (well in fact, > > between 5 and the infinite). Close focusing is a guessing game ... So > > the idea is of course to step down. This is to be expected with such > > lenses. The thing is, these are lenses that are well made - (the rokkors > > seem to be highly regarded even by Leica, did they not decide to build a > > camera on a common venture? I've even read somewhere that the 50 rokkor > > set a standard for Leica in the 60s ...) - they are fun to use and the > > colour and atmosphere are quite unique. > > I'd be interested if any Luggers have already tried this combo out? > > Thanks for any tips! > > JM > > I could buy the latest M and use live view for accurate focusing, yes > > ... but I'd have to win the lottery first. > > > > > > > > Jean-Michel Mertz > > Strasbourg > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information