john_h_osterholm

Thank you. I am looking at on in South Korea and one in Japan. The SL is indeed a fine camera, a tank. I liked it as much as my old M4 and M2R years ago. Digital is still my main method of photography, however. Film is hard to find and it is expensive to shoot and process. No stores where I live even carry film other than the cheap Fujicolor 200 and even that is $11 for 24 exposures. I ship off the film to a company in KS and they put it on a cd,

When Don Goldberg went through the body when he repaired the battery contact he replaced the batteries. I would have to look to see what he chose

I already own a Leicaflex SL. I was mainly concerned about the R6. I also have a Minolta XD11 which is similar to the R4 and I shoot with Tamrons on the R4 mostly, so I may buy another XD11 body in black.

My R4 has a problem with the electronics - shutter not responding to changes in the dial. I don't think that it is worth repairing, assuming that I can find a reliable tech to work on it. I would like to buy an R6 and I would like to know if there are things to look out for. I also own a Leicaflex SL which is a terrific camera (my third in my life)

I have Tamron Adaptall 2 mounts for a Leica R 4 and I also have a basic mount for a Leicaflex. Do any of you think it would be possible to use both to create a fully functional Adaptall 2 mount for a Leicaflex? The mounts for a Leicaflex are difficult to find and those that are available are way over priced.

I recently acquired an SL and I like it all over again. I have had them years ago. This one was sent to Don Goldberg and he went through it. As someone else has posted, used Leitz slr glass is expensive once again. I also bought a nice R4 for not much money - $125 from George Ury. I have found that I can get Tamron Adaptall 2 mounts for the R4 so I can at least use a Tamron lens if needed. Better than nothing and some of what they made was quite good. I bought their 24-48 f3.5 and so far I like it. I bought a good user 50 f2 2 cam for the SL as well as a 3 cam 35-70 Elmar

I have looked at that and you are right it is a decent lens for macro.

I ended up finding a nice R4 to buy from George Ury so I am good now. In retrospect I should have done that in the first place. The SL was mailed to Don Goldberg to repair the meter. Yesterday I found a Leica R adapter in a camera shop in Vancouver BC for $12 so I bought it. Assuming it works I will use my Tamron macro on the R4.

I shipped the body to Don Goldberg, He is well skilled with Leica and he has the parts. I have had him repair things in the past

The contact for the meter in the battery compartment is broken. Have any of you had experience in getting the meter repaired? There is a shop near Portland that might do this but I have not yet spoken to them. In the meantime I will get a Gossen Luna Pro to use. Thanks, John

It will all be alright as I found a nice 35-70 f3.5 Vario Elmar to buy from the retiring George Ury. This is as you probably know is a 1983 Minolta lens made for Leica. The price at $295 was right, I thought. I have purchased from George in the past. I also have the Minolta version on a Minolta XD11 so I can make some comparisons. $200 for the working body and $295 makes a nice budget Leica kit. The Leica R4's & 5's can be bought for reasonable money as well. I just happened to have a bit of nostalgia for the older, more clunky looking SL.Thanks for all the responses. The picture was taken in 2012 with the XD11 and the Rokkor 35-70 macro in Hawaii.

I tried and tried to mount this adapter and it did not fit the Leicaflex SL body so I went through EBay and sent it back. Tonight the seller sent me an irate message calling me ignorant and telling me that the camera was either tampered with or that I basically didn't know what I was talking about. I should have done more research first or at least questioned what he assured me of. This adapter was marked L/R which is not supposed to work with any body other than an R system. So I guess you could say that this was my fault, but all I wanted to do was return it and he could then sell it to someone else. No harm done - I thought.

Yes, I do. I only bought this because the seller assured me that it would fit. Now I am sending it back and I hope that he repays me. I also found a Leica Vario Elmar 35-70 f3.5 to buy for a reasonable price so that is what I will do.

Someone on EBay sold me an adapter that he said absolutely worked on his SL but when it arrived and then when my SL just arrived, his adapter did not mount. It is marked L/R. I questioned him on that but he insisted that it would work so now I have a lens that I cannot use and an expensive adapter that I cannot use.

Thank you. I know that there are a couple different mounts out there but they are scarce. As I wrote, I hope to buy a Leica lens or two. The funny thing is that before the digital adapter for Leica digital cameras, these Leica SLR lenses had a much lower value. Not so anymore. The digital cameras I own will still be my primary camera option. I gave up my M4-2 and M2 because of their weight and the fact that my arthritic fingers made reloading film all day to be difficult.

Blasphemy I know, but I am reentering the Leica film cameras with a nice Leicaflex SL and a Tamron 35-70 f3.5 BBAR macro lens - for now. This is obviously a budget kit. I found a used Tamron Adaptal -2 mount which is marked L/R which the seller says worked on his SL. Is this supposed to couple to the meter? The body arrives on Monday. I have owned Leica 35's many years ago and have used Lumix cameras with Leica and near Leica lenses since 2004. I regretfully had to sell my M4 and M2R some years ago as well as later Leica cameras. Have any of you used Tamron lenses with a Leicaflex SL? I intend to get Leica lenses when I am able to. Thanks for reading - John