Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/09/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]From: "joe b." <joe-b@dircon.co.uk> Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 03:36:27 +0100 I often see Novoflex lenses for sale but with M42 or other mount. Here's one example; "Novoflex 300mm 5.6 Noflexar complete with pistol grip and focusing handle M42" and what I wonder is, does this setup allow for the mount to be changed so I could use the same lens on a Leica R body? The Noflexars I've seen have interchangeable mounts. Maybe some were made without interchangeable mounts, but I don't know. I have had tremendous trouble trying to get a Novoflex Leica R mount from Calumet, who are the Novoflex distributors in the U.S. It's been six and a half weeks, and they claim they were supposed to receive the mount a week and a half ago, but it hasn't come in yet. So if you can get a mount from Brooklyn Camera Exchange, you will probably do better with them, or if you were to deal directly with Novoflex as some people suggested I do. A point of interest, though, is that not all Novoflex mounts are made equal. There were three possible mounting systems they asked me about, and it's not clear whether the person you talk to at BCE will know about them.