Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/18

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Subject: [Leica] Leica R lenses on Nikon bodies with the Leitax bayonet
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sun Jan 18 11:30:59 2009
References: <DC4B73A4105FCE4FAE0CEF799BF84B36052E937F@case-email.casefoods.com>

David,

Sorry to hear of your problem.  Your description leaves me with a question. 
If I install the 28 on an adapter which has no mechanism to contact the lens 
part that broke, will the aperture ring still operate the aperture leaves?

I had assumed that this was the case.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Rodgers" <drodgers@casefarms.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 1:03 PM
Subject: RE: [Leica] Leica R lenses on Nikon bodies with the Leitax bayonet


>I experienced a little bit of a setback upon converting my second lens.
> Rather than fill up the LUG with a bunch of text, you can read about it
> on the blog I set up.
>
> http://www.purplehen.com/leica/blog.htm
>
> DaveR
>
>
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