Leica lenses on Pentax

Substitute · 11-07-2008, 03:26 AM

Hey

Not to boast but I've been using Leica for more than a decade now, the M system that is.
I always wanted to keep on using my M lenses on a digital body then the M8 came, was too expensive and I got a Pentax system.

But the idea never left me: using Leica lenses on a digital body.

As I hate Canon and wouldn't switch, I just kept on waiting, knowing that someone would have the same idea as mine, and the talent to create a magic ring.

There it is : Leica & Pentax | Leitax

See for yourself.

I am tired of looking for a Pentax 24mm* and maybe will use an Elmarit instead.

Hope this will give a new life to those forgotten R lenses, it will sure make competition stiffer on getting them, but hey!!!

Last edited by Substitute; 11-07-2008 at 03:36 AM.

ghelary · 11-07-2008, 04:37 AM

Hi,

This hack just looks great !

Please post photos ! How does it compare to the best Pentax primes ?

Regards,
Guillaume

Substitute · 11-07-2008, 04:44 AM

Well Leica Rs are exceptionnal lenses, now I haven't compared to all Pentax primes (could be done btw) but I have a feeling they will at the very least be equivalent...
Thing is some of the Pentax primes are hard to get by...Rs are much more common!

ftpaddict · 11-07-2008, 05:48 AM

Doesn't look too complicated or pricey. If you have R lenses to spare, go for it.

**barondla** · 11-07-2008, 06:08 AM

Wow! May have to consider this. Have a R tele some where. Will have to look it up. Like the fact that it can be put back to factory if needed.
thanks
barondla

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**Lowell Goudge** · 11-07-2008, 06:31 AM

Originally posted by ghelary

Hi,

This hack just looks great !

Please post photos ! How does it compare to the best Pentax primes ?

Regards,
Guillaume

interesting this topic came up now. I was prowling through camera stores a couple of weeks ago, and came across a fellow pentaxian, who also shot leica back in the 1980's

He told me a story where the store owner, back in the 1980's challenged him to go out and shoot identical shots with his Pentax and with a loanded out leica, and that upon reviewing the shots, he would be able to tell every shot made by a leica.

In the end, after reviewing every shot, every shot where the store owner declared a leica took the shot, it was actually the pentax.

I have no idea whether this is true or not, just a story I heard.

Substitute · 11-12-2008, 05:02 AM

well, only need to give it a try...
If you have some R lenses then it's easy to give it a go.

11-07-2008, 04:44 AM	#3
Substitute Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: NOLA Posts: 396 Original Poster	Well Leica Rs are exceptionnal lenses, now I haven't compared to all Pentax primes (could be done btw) but I have a feeling they will at the very least be equivalent... Thing is some of the Pentax primes are hard to get by...Rs are much more common! Last edited by Substitute; 11-07-2008 at 04:49 AM.

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11-07-2008, 03:26 AM	#1
Substitute Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: NOLA Posts: 396	Leica lenses on Pentax Hey Not to boast but I've been using Leica for more than a decade now, the M system that is. I always wanted to keep on using my M lenses on a digital body then the M8 came, was too expensive and I got a Pentax system. But the idea never left me: using Leica lenses on a digital body. As I hate Canon and wouldn't switch, I just kept on waiting, knowing that someone would have the same idea as mine, and the talent to create a magic ring. There it is : Leica & Pentax \| Leitax See for yourself. I am tired of looking for a Pentax 24mm* and maybe will use an Elmarit instead. Hope this will give a new life to those forgotten R lenses, it will sure make competition stiffer on getting them, but hey!!! Last edited by Substitute; 11-07-2008 at 03:36 AM.

11-07-2008, 04:37 AM	#2
ghelary Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Paris, France Photos: Gallery Posts: 613	Hi, This hack just looks great ! Please post photos ! How does it compare to the best Pentax primes ? Regards, Guillaume

11-07-2008, 05:48 AM	#4
ftpaddict Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Yurp Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,666	Doesn't look too complicated or pricey. If you have R lenses to spare, go for it.

11-07-2008, 06:08 AM	#5
barondla Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: midwest, United States Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 5,714	Wow! May have to consider this. Have a R tele some where. Will have to look it up. Like the fact that it can be put back to factory if needed. thanks barondla Check out POINT & SHOOT CONTEST #12 WINNERS in P&S forum. Enter #13. Any brand camera.

11-07-2008, 06:31 AM	#6
Lowell Goudge Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Toronto Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 17,891	Originally posted by ghelary Hi, This hack just looks great ! Please post photos ! How does it compare to the best Pentax primes ? Regards, Guillaume interesting this topic came up now. I was prowling through camera stores a couple of weeks ago, and came across a fellow pentaxian, who also shot leica back in the 1980's He told me a story where the store owner, back in the 1980's challenged him to go out and shoot identical shots with his Pentax and with a loanded out leica, and that upon reviewing the shots, he would be able to tell every shot made by a leica. In the end, after reviewing every shot, every shot where the store owner declared a leica took the shot, it was actually the pentax. I have no idea whether this is true or not, just a story I heard.

11-12-2008, 05:02 AM	#7
Substitute Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: NOLA Posts: 396 Original Poster	well, only need to give it a try... If you have some R lenses then it's easy to give it a go.