ltm>m adapter question

[back alley]

i just got a couple of ltm to m adapters made by marumi and along with the actual adapters there was something else in the box, a small piece of metal called a mount adapter and referred to as a key.

what does it do?
it seems unnecessary.

joe

 

[Ergo]

Joe it is for removing the Johnson Bar.

 

[back alley]

Joe it is for removing the Johnson Bar.

you're enjoying this aren't you?

 

[ray_g]

Joe, sometimes the screwmount lens unscrews off the adapter and the adapter stays on the camera instead of the whole combo coming off. The key is to remove the adapter from the camera.

 

[ray_g]

The two short "prongs" on the key go on two slots along the adapter ring.

 

[Ergo]

Aye matey...
Argh

I hung around a hotrod shop in the 50's where my buddy worked.
He found a box in the basement full of 3/8" metal dowels [not dowel pins] and asked the boss what to do with them.
Boss says toss them they were here when we moved in.So i sez,"put in window with a sign that says "Original Johnson Bars,RARE,add then to your 265 c.i. chevy engine,4 for $2.00"
People bought them like hotcakes and never asked what they did!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Ergo]

LMFAO here

 

[back alley]

The two short "prongs" on the key go on two slots along the adapter ring.

i'll have to look again but i saw no match up slots for the pins.

 

[back alley]

LMFAO here

now it makes sense...

 

[jlw]

Joe it is for removing the Johnson Bar.

Don't think it will fit:

Nor this one either:

6' Johnson Bar

 

[back alley]

what a dope i am!

i was looking on the wrong side of the adapter.

now it all makes sense.

joe

 

[Kim Coxon]

It's all this modern technology. I think you should send the M mount cameras to this side of the Atlantic out of harm's way and go back to the P's 😀

 

[back alley]

It's all this modern technology. I think you should send the M mount cameras to this side of the Atlantic out of harm's way and go back to the P's 😀

it's kind of ironic really...years ago i had the m4-p and thought i could get used to not having a built in meter. but i also was using a canon t90 at the time (i think) and it had auto everything.
i eventually sold the leica as it seemed to laugh at me whenever i used it.

and now, years later, using the zi is offering the reverse challenge.

joe

 

[payasam]

Makes no sense to me. I had an M3 for a bit over 17 years, and all five of my lenses were thread mount. If ever one came unscrewed, I would take off the adapter with two digits of one paw, using the other paw to hold the body and press the release button.

 

[back alley]

i guess this thing is for the weak among us.

 

[payasam]

Hey, come on. It's no more difficult than unscrewing the big end of a tractor engine. With greasy hands.

 

[Kim Coxon]

As to the meter, I know the feeling. When I first came to RF's after 30 years using the "other" sort, it was with FSU gear. I would look through the finder and turn the focus to get the picture in focus before adjusting the diopter lever. I don't know about becoming adept at lens cap photography but I did become adept at atmospheric out of focus shots. I would look through the finder, it was in focus so I would take the picture. To get round it I had the put the Pentax's to one side and concentrate on the RF until comfortable. (then when I went back to the Pentax, I would go for the diopter adjustment if the viewfinder was out of focus!!) Now I can switch between them witout too much agro but I still find I have to go out with one or the other and not both. Perhaps you need to concentrate on the ZI until you are happy with it and then take only one "system" out for a while until you become ambidextrous

it's kind of ironic really...years ago i had the m4-p and thought i could get used to not having a built in meter. but i also was using a canon t90 at the time (i think) and it had auto everything.
i eventually sold the leica as it seemed to laugh at me whenever i used it.

and now, years later, using the zi is offering the reverse challenge.

joe

 

[Kim Coxon]

I haven't had an M body so this may sound silly but.... When I got my VC Nokton, it came with the M adapater on it. The previous owner only had an M body so it had always been on there and I almost gave up trying to get it of having left large portions of skin on it. (OK it would have been easy to loosen it on an M body because of the lock but I didn't have one) It eventually came off using the rear cap and some pressure. A small bar to fit across the back would have made life ever so easy!

Makes no sense to me. I had an M3 for a bit over 17 years, and all five of my lenses were thread mount. If ever one came unscrewed, I would take off the adapter with two digits of one paw, using the other paw to hold the body and press the release button.

 

[payasam]

Kim, if you're accustomed to one sort of camera, when you use another sort it's pretty much inevitable that you'll goof up. I've done it often enough. In a couple of days' time, though, your hands and eyes will begin to work differently for each: in the right ways. As for the adapter. Two words you always find associated with screw mount lenses are "finger tight". I imagine that means you shouldn't use a pipe wrench when fitting the things.

 

[Kim Coxon]

It's all right, I don't even need a new camera system to goof up! As to the threads, time will also play a part. If the adapter is left on the lens all the time, every time you insert the lens on the camera, it will be tightened just that little bit more. It's a bit like the wheel nuts on a car. No matter how careful you are not to over tighten them, they are always a ***** to get off.

Kim