Godfrey
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Certainly!i've made quite a few Leica M screwmount to Leica M bayonet adapters for mounting old Leica and CV lenses, and also the female bayonets, which are the problem area, and spent a bit of time working out details. as mentioned, what holds the lens and body, lens and adapter flanges together is a spring that can get overloaded with heavier lenses, more extension.
i am considering a new concept that would eliminate the problem. so for example your R lens mounted to the A7/R would be wobble free both at the adapter and at the camera.
any interest?
A notion to consider—one of the reasons I've settled on using the Novoflex adapters for the present is to be able to use the ASTAT/NEX tripod mount as well. That serves several ideas:
- It eliminates having to have a tripod mount on the camera body and isolates mount flex to the lens and body couplings independently.
- It eliminates having to use L-plates and allows for easy rotation of the camera/lens without moving the optical center of the lens at all.
- I can remove the tripod mount for hand-held shooting and not have the foot get in the way.
- It eliminates having to use L-plates and allows for easy rotation of the camera/lens without moving the optical center of the lens at all.
- I can remove the tripod mount for hand-held shooting and not have the foot get in the way.
So I would suggest you consider designing adapters compatible with the ASTAT/NEX tripod mounting or some similar type of universal tripod mounting that services these ideas.
G