ZeissFan
Veteran
That was a very novel and excellent approach, although I am not a fan of tabbed lenses.
ZM lens focusing tab
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sepiareverb
genius and moron
I'll be shaving the sides for my 50mm Elmar-M...
semilog
curmudgeonly optimist
I hollowed out the tab portion of one of the Heavystar ones, and it fits perfectly on my 35/2.8 Biogon-C... and matches perfectly the feel of my 50/2 Summicron-M. Joy.
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the small cv lenses have the focussing lever so the area that they are in can be very narrow.
i could shave the sides of the tab but it would likely look like crap by the time that i am done with it. (not very handy)
i could shave the sides of the tab but it would likely look like crap by the time that i am done with it. (not very handy)
sepiareverb
genius and moron
I expect my Elmar may fall into this category too, I intend to use a removable adhesive.
damien.murphy
Damien
Interesting thread Phil, and a little bit of genius. I may consider tabbing my Canon 35mm f2, and wonder do you have any pics of the tab on your own one,
Cheers,
Damien
Cheers,
Damien
Phil_F_NM
Camera hacker
No photos up right now. There is a photo I took of it somewhere, I'll try to post it if I find it.
I sold that lens a while back when I got my 35mm UC Hexanon.
What I did was to cut out a little rectangle of 3/16" plexiglass and then began to sculpt in a little notch for the scalloping on the Canon lens to fit into. It took a while but worked really well after I was done. If you had more patience than I do, you could use a coarse file for the rough shaping. I prefer the Dremel tool and even with that it still took about a half hour to get it fit right.
Phil Forrest
I sold that lens a while back when I got my 35mm UC Hexanon.
What I did was to cut out a little rectangle of 3/16" plexiglass and then began to sculpt in a little notch for the scalloping on the Canon lens to fit into. It took a while but worked really well after I was done. If you had more patience than I do, you could use a coarse file for the rough shaping. I prefer the Dremel tool and even with that it still took about a half hour to get it fit right.
Phil Forrest
PatrickT
New Rangefinder User
PERFECT. I've been wanting to add a tab to one of my lenses and this will work great. I was contemplating making one of my own and then CNCing it from aluminum, but this is less work and cheaper 🙂
PS. Does anyone have any photos of their lenses with the tab added? Curious to see how it looks.
PS. Does anyone have any photos of their lenses with the tab added? Curious to see how it looks.
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wengleung
Newbie
hi phil, are you still making these tabs? I'm, interested in one for my zm 35mm f2
bwlover
Newbie
Wish to see some photo of the tab how it fit on the lens
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