Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/06/17

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Subject: [Leica] Other Lenses on an SL?
From: jbcollier at shaw.ca (John Collier)
Date: Thu Jun 17 20:05:41 2004
References: <r01050300-0921-81493A80C07B11D8AEAEF00EBD79F5CE@[66.239.169.40]> <BAY19-DAV16SeXnbnCn0000af77@hotmail.com> <009301c454bc$1fc4ea00$2f01a8c0@addp7pkjk5rgnw> <0d5301c454c9$8a99ee40$0200a8c0@Desk>

We have been over this before and unfortunately the mount to film plane 
distance of the R is larger than either Nikon or Canon. So you could 
nor focus the lenses to infinity.

(This is from memory but I think it is correct)

John Collier

On Jun 17, 2004, at 6:16 PM, robertmeier@usjet.net wrote:

> Are there any adapters made to use either Nikon or Canon FD lenses on 
> an SL?
> Aperture coupling would not be needed, nor, for that matter, would the
> exposure meter need to work.  Just if the lenses could focus to 
> infinity I
> would be happy.


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