But without rangefinder coupling. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
-----Alkuper�inen viesti----- L�hett�j�: graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> P�iv�: 20. tammikuuta 2004 23:05 Aihe: Re: Vs: Vs: AF 280 mod/ LX fill flash >You missed my point. One can ignor the on lens focusing and build a focusing >mount into the adapter. Only problem with that is you would need to match the >adapter to a specific lens. However, that is all moot because Cotty has posted a >link to a company that sells adapters that will do what the guy wanted. > >Raimo Korhonen wrote: > >> You can try if you like. >> But remember that we are not talking about a simple adapter here, because the >> person I answered to suggested that it be rangefinder-coupled. >> It�s easier if you do not have to deal with a K mount lens barrel at first - so you >> can just put the proper inner sleeves and cams and it does not necessarily be that >> expensive - Voigtl�nder has done it at more reasonable prices. >> OK, it is technically possible to transfer the movement of the K mount lens group >> to the cam follower in the L mount camera�s throat but the follower is calibrated >> for the movement of the 50 mm lens. If the lens has longer or shorter focal length >> the movement has to be adjusted accordingly and each focal length would need an >> adapter of its own. No adapters I know exist for this. If it were easier I am sure >> somebody would have done it already. You can be the first! >> All the best! >> Raimo >> Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho >> >> -----Alkuper�inen viesti----- >> L�hett�j�: graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> P�iv�: 20. tammikuuta 2004 20:36 >> Aihe: Re: Vs: AF 280 mod/ LX fill flash >> >> >> >>>Wow! I wonder how Leica ever made their cameras work then. >>> >>>Oh! That must be why they are so expensive. >>> >>> >>> >>>Raimo Korhonen wrote: >>> >>>>But machining the cam and proper linkages might be nearly impossible. >>> >>>-- >>>graywolf >>>http://graywolfphoto.com >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> > >-- >graywolf >http://graywolfphoto.com > >"You might as well accept people as they are, >you are not going to be able to change them anyway." > >
