Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The mount is the same but the focus is not. They can be used interchangably at 50mm or less but the longer lenses will have problems at large apertures. Ken Wilcox At 11:06 +0200 8/17/0, a fine scholar, Raimo Korhonen wrote: >The old Contax RF lens mount is identical to the Nikon RF mount (which is >close to Nikon SLR mount). >All the best! >Raimo >photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen > >-----Alkuperäinen viesti----- >Lähettäjä: Tim Spragens <t.spragens@cityweb.de> >Vastaanottaja: Leica Users digest <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >Päivä: 17. elokuuta 2000 21:52 >Aihe: [Leica] Re: Nikon S3 > > >If they would build the thing with a ZI Contax mount, rather than the >Nikon derivative, it would be a much more attractive camera. >There's a lot of glass out there from ZI and from Jupiter that would >work, then. Be nice to have an old Contax with a thumb-lever film >advance. Doesn't look like Kiev did that very well. > >Tim > > > >-- >Tim Spragens >http://www.borderless-photos.com - ---- Ken Wilcox Carolyn's Personal Touch Portraits preferred---> <wilcox@tir.com> <kwilcox@gfn.org>