R mount

[marcog]

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hi, I just bought a Leica m6 and I wonder if it’s possible to use elmarit 28mm R by using an adaptor. And if yes are there issues with the light meter?

thank you

[earleygallery]

You could fit an R lens to an M body but remember you have no way to focus apart from guessing the distance.

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[adan]

Light meter will work fine. It just reads whatever light falls on the shutter curtain, regardless of source. The R lenses by default, just like M lenses, are stopped down to the shooting aperture, unless mounted on an R body, where a lever holds them open until the instant of exposure.

As James says, an R lens will have no connection to move the camera's rangefinder, thus you will have to estimate (or measure with a ruler) the distance from the camera to the subject, and set that on the lens's focus scale. "Hmmm, that subject looks about 3 meters/10 feet away."

That won't be too hard with a wide-angle like a 28mm, especially if stopped down to middle apertures (f/8) for extra depth of field. It would be extremely difficult with a longer lens (90mm, 50mm at f/2.0).

I have used both a Hasselblad Super-Wide (38mm lens) and Voigtlander's original 15mm and 25mm lenses for Leicas, which were also "guess-focus-only," with pretty good success.