Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/31

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Subject: RE: [Leica] LTM lenses on M6
From: Jim Laurel <jplaurel@microsoft.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 19:12:39 -0800

Thanks, Ken.  What are the implications/limitations of doing this?  Does the
M6 rangefinder work with the LTM lenses?  

Any other implications or issues?  I'd like to try some of the older glass.

- --Jim Laurel

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Ken Wilcox [SMTP:wilcox@umcc.umich.edu]
> Sent:	Tuesday, March 31, 1998 6:19 PM
> To:	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject:	Re: [Leica] LTM lenses on M6
> 
> Yes! I often enjoy using my LTM lenses on my M bodies. There are three
> different adapters and you need the correct one to get the proper frame
> lines to appear in the viewfinder.
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> kw
> 
> 
> >Hi all,
> >Excuse the ignorant question as I am new to the M cameras...  Can all the
> >old Leica thread mount lenses be used with the M6 via some sort of
> adapter.
> >>From time to time, I see posts referring to the adapter and wondered
> what
> >the implications of using it are.  Does the M6s rangefinder focusing work
> >when you have a LTM lens fitted with the adapter?
> >
> >Thanks in advance for any replies!
> >
> >Jim Laurel
> >Microsoft Digital Television
> >jplaurel@microsoft.com
> >(425) 703-1143
> >http://www.microsoft.com/dtv
> 
> 
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>