Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/07

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Subject: [Leica] Re: 90mm's
From: lkhermann at bresnan.net (lkhermann)
Date: Wed Jun 7 20:00:25 2006
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At 09:55 PM 6/7/2006 -0400, you wrote:
>Lee,
>Canon made a whole slew of adapters to use other makes of lenses on their
>bodies when they first came out with the FD lens mount in the mid/late
>sixties.  You could use Nikon, Pentax, Exacta, Viso, and LTM lenses.  I
>think Minolta also but not sure.  So if you can track down one of these
>adapters then you can use some pretty interesting lenses on some very good
>Canon bodies.
>
>At one time, Stephen Gandy indicated that he could acquire Exacta to EOS
>adapters if you didn't mind some not quite infinity focus.  This wouldn't
>really be an issue with either wide angles or a portrait lens.
>
>Don
>don.dory@gmail.com

Don,
         Thanks for the information.
Lee



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