HuubL
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Looks like the curtains are still OK!
Let's see your Leica M
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Looks like the curtains are still OK!
roundg
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A very neat and beautiful early Chrome M5. Thanks for sharing.
marke
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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
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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
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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
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
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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