Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/04/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]LUG, Given the film plane to rear element distances of these vastly different systems......I can't see how this "adaptation" can occur. I simply tried to hold an M lens in place over the gaping opening of a Mamiya 645 body to see if there was a shred of focus......not a bit! Whether focused on infinity or the closest distance.....nada. Zip. Of course if I want to rip the reflex mirror out, there is a ray of hope as the tiny M lens would be required, essentially, to mount INSIDE the 645 body. I then tried it with a reflex lens instead of a rangefinder lens - thinking the similar longer distances of a 35mm SLR lens might be a better match. Again, not a whole lot to call anywhere near focused. What's going on here? Is someone pulling our collective legs? My doubts will be impossible to erase until I fit an M lens on >MY< Mamiya 645! (Sounds like the posting of this amazing discovery is about 10 days late) :):) Rgds to all, Tom Hodge