Stefan Steib
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I think it will not be possible as the adapter has to have the correct flange focal distance and the Leica M is too thick ! So you probably never be able to get any usable image.
Regards
Stefan
Regards
Stefan
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Correct!I think it will not be possible as the adapter has to have the correct flange focal distance and the Leica M is too thick ! So you probably never be able to get any usable image.
Regards
Stefan
Yes I will indeed completely remove the 'adapter' part incl mounts of the SB...
As mentioned I could use a Novoflex Nikon F to Leica M adapter that has the correct flange to flange distance for Nikon F lenses. 0.5 mm from a leica R Lens
Then position the SB optics inside the Novoflex in the correct position.
The SB has threaded interface between the adapter and the optics for fine tuning the infinity setting for the exact same reason.
My contraption would be no different in image quality than the SB Leica R to NEX
Is this the adapter you are talking about?This is not my first conversion...
Do you agree that if the SB extends into the Leica M body I would be able to make the correct flange to sensor distance?
Sort of like the old Leica 21mm lenses does...
Ah, please don't do that! I know your capabilities and do not underestimate you at all.I'll keep my project to my self, no need too make a fuss.
Take a look through the link K-H posted (post #54 in this page). There are design constraints when dealing with cameras with long registries.It's natural that our attention is drawn to speed-boosting FF lenses for APS-C format sensors. Clearly there is considerable demand for this. However, some of us who have large inventories of medium format lenses (and have FF digital cameras) are starting contemplate the possibilities there. Let me mention just one, although for a market that does not yet exist and may never be sufficiently large... Pentax is contemplating producing an FF digital body, and in the past it has marketed very good lenses for 6x4.5 and 6x7. It would certainly make me sit up straight, and pay attention, if my 6x7 lenses (I have a cupboard full!) could be speed-boosted to a Pentax FF body. Then there are my Mamiya lenses... But probably the small size of this market makes that sort of thing unrealistic, and the cost of producing a speed-booster for such a large format would be prohibitive. Nettar