Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/17

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Subject: [Leica] Leica R Lenses on You're M8
From: imagist3 at mac.com (Lottermoser George)
Date: Tue Jul 17 08:53:38 2007
References: <f315fa825bb8.469ba84e@shaw.ca> <000601c7c80c$6a937580$6400a8c0@corp.nortel.com> <003401c7c818$73d1d450$5b757cf0$@net> <Pine.GSO.4.62.0707162301220.15009@duke.poly.edu> <Pine.GSO.4.62.0707162310360.15784@duke.poly.edu> <E2CD75B5-02B7-40CF-8A04-D70D6FF3C3C6@comcast.net>

Novoflex has a lovely R to M adapter - available new at B&H. Works  
just fine. I've used both the 21 SA R and 15 Super Elmar on the M8  
and M6. With appropriate finder it all works just great. However the  
glass is quite large and a bit out of proportion. The results, as  
you'd expect, are superb.

Regards,
George Lottermoser
george@imagist.com



On Jul 17, 2007, at 12:43 AM, Tom Schofield wrote:

> IIRC, when I tried using that adapter with the 19mm R, I found it  
> lacked the groove which would allow that lens to mount on it.  In  
> other words, you end up with the same limitations on using it to  
> mount wide angle R lenses on an M, as you have when using wide  
> angle R lenses on a Leicaflex SL.  Apparently, the adapter was  
> intended to mount the R Macro lenses on the Visoflex bellows, not  
> to allow you to avoid buying M wideangle lenses by using your R  
> lenses.


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