Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/06/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 02:21 AM 06/06/96 +0100, you wrote: >A few weeks ago or so there was a thread about >putting lens heads from certain longer Leica rangefinder lenses (90, >135, 200mm) on suitable adapters and using them on a Mamiya 645 body. >The coverage was apparently fine and the results wonderful. The >difficulty I picked up on (I looked into this for myself and talked to a >man who makes custom adapters in the UK) was that each lens would >require a focusing mount of some kind in order to permit focusing. This >would not be a problem with your intended kludge though, as presumably >you would be using the whole lens on an adapter. I am hoping to do the >Leica lens head --> medium format slr adaptation myself, but on a Rollei >SL66 which has its own built-in bellows. I find the whole idea of doing >something like this very exciting. I, for one, would be most interested >to hear how you get on with this. >-- >joe b. > I have the 135mm f/4.0 Tele-Elmar working on a Mamiya 645 Pro via a custom addapted Leitz bellows. I didn't make the rig myself, but if anyone is interested in details I can provide some. Michael ps: While the project of putting this together was fun, frankly suing it for real world picture taking is slow and the results from my Mamiya 150mm f/3.5 are almost as good. :-)