R Lens mount change back to Leica help

[twicij]

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Hi,

I bought a beautiful apparently unused Leica R lens from an estate sale to use with my CL, but it doesn’t fit my Novoflex adapter.  It looks like the mounting flange was changed to a Nikon F mount, that's the cap on the back of the lens.

Where can I get a Leica mounting flange to switch it back?  Can I do this myself?  It looks straightforward.  If not, who can do it?  The lens is a Leitz Elmar-R 1:4/180 3371192.

Thanks for your help,

D

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[jaapv]

There are no R spare parts, so you either buy a  lens for parts or get the Leica TL-M adapter and a cheap M-Nikon F adapter.

[crisscross]

Congrats on digging up such a great lens at an estate sale though! How much of a discount did you get?

[michali]

9 hours ago, twicij said:

Hi,

I bought a beautiful apparently unused Leica R lens from an estate sale to use with my CL, but it doesn’t fit my Novoflex adapter.  It looks like the mounting flange was changed to a Nikon F mount, that's the cap on the back of the lens.

Where can I get a Leica mounting flange to switch it back?  Can I do this myself?  It looks straightforward.  If not, who can do it?  The lens is a Leitz Elmar-R 1:4/180 3371192.

Thanks for your help,

D

You could do it yourself, I changed a number of my R lenses to Leitax Sony alpha mounts & then back to their original R mounts again when I sold the Sony α900.  

However it's easier & simpler purchase one of these Nikon F to L Mount adaptors for under $30- : Haoge Manual Lens Mount Adapter for Nikon Nikkor F/AI/AIS/D Lens to Leica L Mount Camera    I have a couple of these Haoge adaptors in R to L mount, they're well made.

 

 

Edited October 2, 2020 by michali

[jaapv]

Ah, yes, Leitax might be able to supply an R mount bayonet, although it is not listed on their site.

[lawrence_lee]

R lens shine on CL and SL.

 

Lawrence

[michali]

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1 hour ago, jaapv said:

Ah, yes, Leitax might be able to supply an R mount bayonet, although it is not listed on their site.

Another cheap source of R mount bayonets, which I've used in the past, is to buy an old R mount Teleconverter & scavenge the mount. These can be found on eBay for between $30- & $80-  Leica Leitz 11236 Extender-R 2x for Leica-R

The quickest & easiest solution for the OP is the Nikon F to L mount adaptor.

Edited October 2, 2020 by michali

[twicij]

Thanks for everyone's help and sugestions.  DAG had the part so I'm going to go that route.  Adpaters are a good idea, but I have a 2x extender from KEH I want to try and see how that works.  Hopefully it all comes togeher.  

It was going for what I've seen them sell for used, so not a great discount other than having the case, caps, and mint condition (and wrong mount).  Live and learn, I've usually done well with used gear.

[twicij]

Hi,

I received the R flange and it was straightforward to change the mount.  Watch for the small ball bearing that 'clicks' the F stop, and unscrewing and screwing in the new mount was easy.  Now I'm good to use my R lens adapter and 2x extender.  On the first could of test shots I like the lens and would not one larger or heavier on a CL.