Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Tue, 10 April 2001, "Steve Barbour" wrote: > > How can I mount Leica M lenses on to a state of the art digital body, as > available currently from Canon or Nikon? > > > > (is this a fantasy or what?) > > > ----- Steve For normal focussing distances this is a fantasy, because the flange-to-film plane distance on a rangefinder is shorter than on any 35mm-based reflex camera, at least the ones I know of. For close-ups with typical M lenses, or viso lenses at normal distances, you can use one of the adapters like those sold by Stephen Gandy to put the lens on a D30 or D1, or you can use a viso-to-R adapter and then get a Novoflex R-to-EOS adapter. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com ___________________________________________________ The ALL NEW CS2000 from CompuServe Better! Faster! More Powerful! 250 FREE hours! Sign-on Now! http://www.compuserve.com/trycsrv/cs2000/webmail/