Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/04/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:27 PM 4/12/96 +0000, Jack Campin wrote: >Marc Small wrote: >> Canon produced the Lens Mount Converter A for many, many years -- this >> adapted the older Canon RF lenses for use on the Canonflex BM, FL, and FD >> mounts. Quite a nifty device. > >I'm baffled. The adapter I have on my 19mm/3.5 goes the other way: >FL lens to LTM camera. It seems that if I had one of the gizmos you >describe, I could fit the lens with *both* adapters and end up back >where I started, with something that would fit an FL-mount camera. >I have problems imagining the geometry of this... > Ah, but there is a catch. The Canon RF to FL adapter does NOT allow you to focus to infinity. Its purpose is mainly for macro work. So if you use both converters, you have an equivalent of an extension tube. --------------------------------------- Gang Huang AT&T Bell Laboratories 200 Laurel Ave. 3B-216 Middletown, NJ 07748 U. S. A. (908)957-3524 ---------------------------------------