Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/04/17

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To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: Leica M pinhole camera
From: "joe b." <joe@azurite.demon.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 18:54:38 +0100

In message <9604170616.AA20496@earthsci.UCSC.EDU>, Charles E <?@?>
writes
>I would like to fix a pinhole to a Leica M. I could do this very simply, 
>but I would rather have the pinhole fitted to an M-mount (possibly a 
>couple to vary the focal length). This way I could switch easily from 
>pinhole to regular lens. I know where I can get some laser-drilled 
>pinholes in brass shim, and I have access to a machine shop where I would 
>be able to make an M-mount. Has anyone done this? Are there diagrams 
>somewhere (outside of Solms!) for M-mount fabrication? Have such mounted 
>pinholes already been constructed? Does anyone else think that this is an 
>interesting idea?

How about trying this using a Leica M body cap, with the centre cut out,
as the mount?
-- 
joe b.

In reply to: Message from Charles E. Dunlap <cdunlap@rupture.ucsc.edu> (Leica M pinhole camera)