Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Fri, 09 June 2000, Tran Van Minh wrote: > > I was told that we can use Leica R lens on OM bodies without modification > of anything: just remove the Leica mount on the lens and replace it with > Olympus OM mount (even the screw holes are identical) (?). Of course we > have to take pictures totally manually. Has anyone tried this? > > Minh Minh, Even if the screw holes are identical and the flange-to-film distance is comparable I think this would work only with lenses that are totally manual anyway, like a Perspective Control lens or a Televit. I've heard of this being done with the 400 f/6.8 Telyt but I don't recall that the screw holes were identical, and with this lens there's no distance scale so exaclt flange-to-film distance isn't a big deal. One problem doing this with auto-aperture lenses is that the click-stops for the aperture are in the back side of the R mount. Doug Herr Sacramento http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt ___________________________________________________ The ALL NEW CS2000 from CompuServe Better! Faster! More Powerful! 250 FREE hours! Sign-on Now! http://www.compuserve.com/trycsrv/cs2000/webmail/