R lens on Leica LTM

[Dralowid]

Leica R lens to ltm camera adapter, does such a thing exist? There lurks a SA 21mm R in my cupboard gathering dust, it could be an interesting scale focus/point/guess and shoot kind of project...

 

[Mr_Flibble]

I could only find an R-to-M adapter with a quick google search.
I fear you'll have to find some other combination of adapters to make it work.

[edit]Doesn't look like there's anything out there, even with an intermediate step. There are very few XXXX-to-LTM adapter to begin with.

 

[Dralowid]

Yes I have an R to M adapter which I use with a M to Nex adapter for the old Nex 6

In the back of my mind I think I remember some adapters for the late versions of the Leicina but think that was only to M. I can't find a solution with Novoflex who have or had a solution for more or less everything.

 

[alphonse2501]

If you are interest, DAG listed an item: Leitz, Leica Original R to Screw-Mount Testing Tool/Adapter.
Just send email to ask him about this before buy.

 

[farlymac]

If you are interest, DAG listed an item: Leitz, Leica Original R to Screw-Mount Testing Tool/Adapter.
Just send email to ask him about this before buy.

That's a really cool item. Makes sense you can do this with an R lens but not an M due to the difference in flange distance.

PF

 

[lxmike]

let us know how your quest goes, this could be very interesting, good luck with the project

 

[Dralowid]

This is interesting. Of course it would only be useful on lenses that are short enough to scale focus and...where a viewfinder is unnecessary. The R lenses are not small.

I've used the 21SA R on an M camera before just for fun. R to M adapters are available.

 

[Beemermark]

I used the 21 R lens with the M-R adapter many, many years ago. Nice lens but very large on the M body. It would be gigantic on a LTM body.

 

[Dralowid]

R is indeed mad on an M and would be madder still on an LTM but that R lens is sitting in the cupboard doing nothing and it must be the cheapest of all Super Angulons.

 

[Rob-F]

Maybe DAG could adapt the lens to LTM mount. It wouldn't require modifying the lens itself, just removal of the bayonet and replacement with a custom (or scrounged) screw-mount ring. I would really check with Don; it seems to be good idea.

 

[cassel]

Using a Pentax M42 on Leica screwmounts right now - still in the testing phase - gotta watch that lens to film plane distance but I think it is dialed in now - will have pictures soon. But yes those SLR lenses look giant on those little bodies! I'm shooting a 24mm lens and brightline finder I found- obviously scale focus only!

 

[Jacques M.]

That would be a nice combo. If necessary, an extra finder can be added.
No rangefinder coupling, of course. But with such a short focal, it's not a problem.