HuubL
hunter-gatherer
not in good condition
Leica 1
found after ca. 60 years in ground (bombed house in WWII)
Looks like the curtains are still OK!
roundg
Well-known
A very neat and beautiful early Chrome M5. Thanks for sharing.
marke
Well-known
Gabor, have you ever had a problem mounting this lens on your M? I have an Industar-22 (Elmar copy) that I have tried to mount on my MP. Even when using a genuine Leica LTM to M adapter, the bottom of the infinity lock button will always catch on the release button/ring on the MP. It won't allow me to completely lock the lens down.
leivo311
Member
It is a wonder, but the curtains are ok. Can´t see any holes against light.
Benjamin
Registered Snoozer
I don't think that such an adapter exists, i.e. one that will allow you to focus @ infinity with a lens that has a lock. I may be wrong of course, but I believe that you may have to have the lock either removed or modified. Well, I think so anyway. I had the same problem using an LTM Summaron that I had on loan.
maddoc
... likes film again.
The 35mm Summaron 1:3.5 LTM mount works great ! I use it with an original Leica 21-35 LTM-M-mount adapter and have no problem at all with the infinity lock.
It is not to contrasty and ideal for BW, at night it works best with Neopan Superpresto 1600PR. I have to try some Kodachrome with this lens. though ...
Cheers,
Gabor
EDIT: For the Summaron LTM it is important to first mount the adapter to the lens and then mount the lens+adapter to the camera, same for unmounting. When trying to unscrew just the lens, the infinity lock will collide with the frame-line preview lever !
It is not to contrasty and ideal for BW, at night it works best with Neopan Superpresto 1600PR. I have to try some Kodachrome with this lens. though ...
Cheers,
Gabor
EDIT: For the Summaron LTM it is important to first mount the adapter to the lens and then mount the lens+adapter to the camera, same for unmounting. When trying to unscrew just the lens, the infinity lock will collide with the frame-line preview lever !
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Benjamin
Registered Snoozer
Yes, that's what I did. Hope it works out for you.
Oculus Sinister
Member
Leica M2 with Zeiss Biogon 2.0/35 ZM
Florian1234
it's just hide and seek
Nice first posting. Welcome! I use the same type of lens, but in chrome on a chrome M4.
Oculus Sinister
Member
Nice first posting. Welcome! I use the same type of lens, but in chrome on a chrome M4.
Thanks, just got this baby a few days ago, my first rangefinder. The lens was included in the purchase but yeah chrome on chrome would be cool too
findwolfhard
Established
Maybe you can sell curtains as NOS then?
And have the rest upgraded to M8.2?
Terrific find!
best Wolfhard
visiondr
cyclic iconoclast
Nice camera Mr. Left Eye !
asianhombre
Member
Blk M8 fitted with a pre-asph 50mm Summilux...taped of course.
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Oculus Sinister
Member
Thanks visiondr! I know cheesy name but I'm an ophthalmologist by profession and am left handed and left eye dominant
swtos
Newbie
Spoks
Well-known
How did you get that M8 done into a Panda? Sent it back to Solms?
bennyng
Benny Ng
Leica M3 + Elmar-M 5cm f/3.5
marke
Well-known
Handsome M3 you have there, bennyng. What is the shutter button extension thing? I'm recovering my M3 and an original 50/2.8 Elmar is on it's way from an ebay victory!
marke
Well-known
Just got the old vulcanite off my M3 last night. New skin from camerleather has arrived, and an original 50/2.8 Elmar is on the way!
mmk60
Member
It looks rather cool that way! How hard was it to remove the old covering? I am 'finally' getting a M3 and will change the covering in the not too distant future. I would go with some funky color as well
cheers