Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/03/07
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On 6 Mar 97 at 22:12, Frank Filippone wrote:
> Ed Meyers Said:
> > I have this british-made adapter that lets me use my Zeiss Contax
> > (rangefinder) lenses and Nikkor rangefinder lenses on my Leicas.
> > So I can shoot with my 50mm Summicron, or 50mm f/2 Sonnar,
> > or 50mm f/1.4 Nikkor on either my IIIf or M3 Leica (with bayonet
> > adapter).
>
> Ed:
> There have been several adaptors made for Contax RF that allow the Contax
> lens to be adapted to Leica Screw mount extension tubes... I probably have
> 3 or 4 of them. ( I never even guessed that they might let the Contax lens
> focus at infinity on a Leica... Very Interesting.....The possibilities are
> incredible....180 MM Olympic Sonnar Lens on the Leica.... 21 MM Biogon,
> ... Sonnars... Tessars...
For those of you interested in which brand/type of lens fysically
can be mounted on which camera system, check the overview of
registers (film to flange distance) on my homepage:
http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/mainpage.htm
PS, FWIW: Leica R lenses can be mounted on EOS cameras!
(Novoflex & Zoerkendoerfer make an adaptor for this)
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