npichardo1 Posted January 29, 2011 Share #1 Posted January 29, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) I just bought a Leica M8.2 and I would like to consider using some of the Leica-R lenses on it with a Cameraquest adapter since these lenses appears to be more affordable than the M lenses. Any feedback in this regard would be greatly appreciated Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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stunsworth Posted January 30, 2011 Share #2 Posted January 30, 2011 There's no coupling between the lens and camera, so focussing would be guesswork. Many R lenses are rather large compared to M lenses, so handling might be an issue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted January 30, 2011 Share #3 Posted January 30, 2011 It's a no-go. Forget it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EJohnE Posted January 30, 2011 Share #4 Posted January 30, 2011 You could focus well enough if you bought a Fotoman rangefinder, and fitted it in the accessory shoe. That rangefinder seems to be a copy of the Voigtlander one, and is easily adjustable. Fotoman recommends setting up the rangefinder to be spot on at your most used distance, rather than infinity. Before cataract operations I used one with the R8, Olympus DSLRs. and a 5D-II using manually focusing lenses. I preset both the lens and the r/f to the same distance setting and moved a bit to coincide the images. It works well enough, but I would not try it with any confidence using, say, a 80mm @ f1.4. Stephen Gandy may sell them, or the Voigtlander one. It slows you down, but not much more than using an LTM body and Imarect finder. John. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
npichardo1 Posted January 30, 2011 Author Share #5 Posted January 30, 2011 Thanks you all for the input, it looks that I should stick to the M mount lenses, at least for now since this is my first experience with a RF camera Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marknorton Posted January 30, 2011 Share #6 Posted January 30, 2011 I experimented doing the same with Nikon lenses - the fact you can mount them on an M camera doesn't make the combination usable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgk Posted January 31, 2011 Share #7 Posted January 31, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) I have personal experience of using some R lenses like the 16 and 19 on my M8 and they are perfectly usable if a bit unwieldy. Focus by estimate is adequate. However they are big and bulky and whilst the results are quite acceptable I wouldn't go out and buy any SLR lenses to use on an M now. If I already had ultra wides I might invest in an adapter for the rare times when I would find it useful to use them. In my own case I ended up selling off the R lenses as I found that the hassle of using R lenses on a dSLR outweighed the benefits and it was eventually not for me, and it certainly wasn't worth keeping them just to use on the M. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
npichardo1 Posted February 1, 2011 Author Share #8 Posted February 1, 2011 thanks pgk, It sounds that it would be better to stay away from the M-8,9 and R lenses combination, I just got a summicron-M 50 to get started Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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