[Leica] Lei-ko R lens to S body adapter ring

[George Lottermoser]

On Aug 27, 2014, at 11:19 AM, Charlie Chan wrote:

> This is for those, who would love to use some of their R lenses on a new S (006) or S2 body. I have just bought an adapter ring from Michael Leibfritz in Germany
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> www.lei-ko.de
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> It cost 500 euros including overnight european courier delivery. It is beautifully made. You can only use it for lenses of 180 or longer.  The new S lenses top out at 180 focal length. The rumoured 350 S lens may well not happen. Focus is manual of course with stop down metering. The max focus distance is limited, unless you send the lenses to Leica for adjustment.
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> 180/2 APO - max focus distance 12 m
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> 280/4 APO - max focus distance at infinity point on lens barrel is about 20m, but my copy goes beyond infinity to the “feet / m” mark on the barrel (which is 40m + in real life).
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> I have posted a few images on the Leica Users Forum here, for those who are interested. 
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> http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/leica-s-typ-006-s2-forum/344168-lei-ko-r-lens-s-adapter.html#post2767604
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> If you would like the full size DNG files to look at, please email me off list
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> Michael tells me that you can use the 1.4x APO, but not the 2X APO.

oh damn
if only
stop it
what?


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George Lottermoser 

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