Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sep 2, 2006, at 7:54 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > I dont understand - arent you all happy that there are Nikon bodies, > both film and digital, actually available where 30 year old lenses can > be used? Even in Leica SLR, a much more recent system, the lenses are > not freely usable between bodies. Any 30-year-old Leica-R lens can be used on the current bodies. With a simple retrofit nearly all current lenses can be used on a 30-year-old Leicaflex SL2 camera body with full function, and many will fit and work perfectly on a 38-year-old Leicaflex SL. Leica even rebuilds and re-warranties these 38-year-old cameras. There is one 40-year-old lens that cannot be used on anything but the Leicaflex Standard; other than this I cannot think of a camera system that offers as much forward and backward compatability as Leica does Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com