> Hi, my name is Bob and you should know that the Konica RF is not compatible > with Leica lenses. The flange to focal plane distance is different.
Bob, I think that's a lot of bunk. Sherry Krauter, the Leica repairperson, will tell you that matches between lenses and bodies are catch-as-catch-can unless the lens and body are specifically calibrated for each other. And that's Leica-to-Leica. Arthur Kramer, the former lens guru for _Modern Photography_, would only use each of his Leica lenses with a single (calibrated) body. People have had problems matching Leica lenses to LEICA bodies. And a lot of other people would uncover slight mismatches if they looked for them. So a few people have had problems matching a particular Leica lens to a particular Konica body. So what--a lot of people have done it and HAVEN'T had any problems whatsoever. Clue #2: the "problem" is cultural. It's not discussed in Japan at all. It's only on the English speaking lists that it's spread around, and at that, MOSTLY by people who don't have any firsthand experience. But anyway, it's a moot point for me--I haven't the slightest interest in using any lenses other than Konica with the Hexar RF. I used to use Konica SLRs and I loved the Hexanon lenses. I was one of the first champions of the original Hexar, and started a Hexar group on Compuserve. I *like* Konica. I'll use the Konica lenses, in preference to any of the others (M-Rokkor, Rollei, Cosina Voigtlander, Leica) that happen to fit. --Mike
