Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thank you all for the useful advice. For the time, I'm going to concentrate on wide-angle work with the Heliar and Skopar -- both available-light quick-grab stuff, and architectural work with a tripod. I'm really looking forward to what the Heliar makes out of those ancient stone idols on Easter Island. (Some perspectival trickery should be fun here.) Sooner or later I do want to get into older rangefinder equipment, however. Do any of the screw-mount rangefinders -- Nikon, Canon -- hold their own with the Leica IIs and IIIs? (And do any of you have a nice old user, in some respectable flavor, that you'd care to sell or trade me?) (Apologies if the above casual remark breaks the Fridays Only rule...) I've been having a private converstion, off-list, about something that potentially troubles me regarding the Heliar. It seems that with the cut-out lens shade, the Heliar has to be mounted very precisely in the screw mount, with the dot at exactly 12 o'clock. (Or am I missing something here?) And the screw mount, unlike a bayonet, does not seem designed to stop the insertion of the lens at any point. When I first mounted the Heliar, it was so tight that the dot lined up at about 11. It now hits twelve, but only with some exertion (which can't be good for the mount). I'm worried that the mount will loosen over time, so that the dot moves to 1 o'clock. Any thoughts on this? Thanks again for all the help, Douglas Cooper