Leica LTM A bit of NOOKY

Leica M39 screw mount bodies/lenses
Many of the "Super Nooky" devices that you see for various cameras include a wide rectangular lens for the rangefinder and a screw-in close-up lens.

Those were brought out by third parties after Leica came out with the NOOKY. My favorite name of the bunch is the (I kid you not) "Pleasant Auto-Up Super Nooky". I almost bought one of those just because of the name.

Aside from the double-entendre (or would that be a triple or quadruple entendre?) amusement factor, however, the third-party alternatives I ran across had little to offer. I paid only about $15 more than the going rate for those third party devices for my genuine (and optically superior) Leitz NOOKY-HESUM.

When it comes to NOOKY, accept no substitutes. :p
 
Nice shots David and Roland,

Thanks for clearing that up n5jrm.

Here's my NOOKY with the Elmar on the IIIa I used for the photo's, minus the SCNOO (yes, Johan your ex-SCNOO ;) ).
Not the best I could do with an R-D1 and visoflex :|

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Thanks to all for this thread: it pushed me to get one from the auction site last night. Looking forward to using it on my IIIf with the 5cm f3.5 Elmar attached.
 
This GAS is catching, I just got one off ebay for £30, did I pay too much? I look forward to giving it a go on my IIIf with my Summitar. Just a thought, will it work when adapted for my micro 4/3 camera, i'll try that too.
 
I don't think 30 quid is too much for one. I think I paid something similar.

So, where are all those other NOOKY pictures people have been taking over the last week?
 
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