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

[Doug Herr]

Charlie Chan wrote:

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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

www.lei-ko.de

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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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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There was some variation in 280mm f/4 APO production.  My original copy (originally 3rd-cam, now getting its biennial diaphragm de-gumming) is like Charlie's lens.  My newer copy (ROM) focuses only slightly past infinity and even has a different focussing pitch.  Sounds like the older version is a better fit for the S2 + lei-ko adapter.


Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com