Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ian, Leica made, makes?, an M to R adapter. As others have mentioned, almost every lens is a macro as I reckon maybe 25mm of extension. So as George L. mentioned, this is for playing funny lens on an SLR experiment. Sometime I will post some Summarit wide open macro shots, truly a unique look. Don dorysrus@mindspring.com - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Ian Watts Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 12:34 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] M to R adapter - is there such a thing? [Originally asked on Photo.net Leica forum so I apologise for 'cross posting' but I reason that the LUG is the best place to ask the following.] I've done some searches for information about mounting an M lens on an R body but haven't found much of use. I know that you can fairly easily get adapters to mount R lenses onto M bodies (obviously without rangefinder coupling). I also know that mounting M lenses onto R bodies will involve losing infinity focus. However, even accepting that loss of infinity focus, is mounting an M lens onto an R body a practical proposition. I'm not sure how much effective extension will be involved here so I'm not sure how much effective focussing range you will get. Anybody done this? I'm interested in trying a couple of my M lenses (specifically a 50/2 and a 75/1.4) on either an R body or an EOS digital (via M-to-R and Novoflex R-to-EOS adapter). If it works it might make for some interesting macro or very tight headshot portrait stuff? Thanks, Ian Watts - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html