Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/19

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Canon FD lenses on Visoflex II ???
From: Gary Elshaw <godard@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 18:10:57 +1200

Marc wrote:

> Canon made adapters to fit LTM and M42 lenses to their FL/FD cameras.  They
> also manufactured extension tubes for their LTM cameras.  I am not aware of
> a Canon-manufactured adapter to fit FD lenses to LTM, however, though such
> should be relatively simple to fabricate.

I had a Canon FD to LTM mount adapter for a while, but found scale focus to
be more trouble than it was worth. They're called Canon B adapters if you
decide to go this route.

Cheers,
Gary

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