Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]IF this was Konica's intention to make the Hexar RF incompatible with the Leica M lenses, why wouldn't Konica advertise it in order to promote Konica M lens sales ?? -- sales which I'm told are pretty dismal. Konica wouldn't be the 1st big company to make a major screw up, nor the last. While a number of people on the LUG have questioned the Hexar M's compatibility with M lenses, I don't recall any posting of problems of Konica M lenses with Leica M bodies. At this point, I don't know of an evidence which suggests the Konica M back focus specs are not the same as Leica's. Without further data on individual Hexar bodies and lenses, or an official Konica tech release on the subject, it seems to me that the issue remains in doubt. Stephen Jim Brick wrote: > > How can Konica correct a camera to be perfectly compatible with Leica > lenses when Konica lenses (hopefully) are manufactured to the Konica spec? > Change the camera and all of the Konica lenses would backfocus. > > I look at this as a way for Konica to force folks to purchase Konica > compatible lenses. > > Konica "obviously" knew the "exact" Leica spec before ever designing the > camera. So this WAS NOT a mistake. > > It WAS an ON PURPOSE! > > Besides promoting the sale of Konica optics, the Konica repair department > cannot be deluged by folks wanting their Leica optics and/or Hexar adjusted > to work properly together. They were designed to be incompatible. > > Jim