Re: [Leica] Re: 50mm f1.5 Nokton question

["Roland Smith" <roland@dnai.com>]

LTM to Bayonet adapters by an after market manufacturer available from
Stephen Gandy at mailto:LeicaNikon@Earthlink.net

I purchased a set of three to accomodate lenses from 35mm to 135mm for $100
plus shipping and sales tax since I am a California resident.

The finish is fine and they work without any problem

Roland Smith
roland@dnai.com


- ----- Original Message -----
From: <drodgers@nextlink.com>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 10:53 AM
Subject: [Leica] Re: 50mm f1.5 Nokton question


>
> B. D.
>
> >>David - The adapters aren't cheap, but if you get one for each of the
> lenses
> then you can permanently turn each lens into an M-mount lens and just
throw
> it on the body as needed, with no fiddling around.<<
>
> What you say is what I would like to do. Unfortunately, I'm weighing
> convenience vs cost. (Not really yet, since at this moment I only own the
> 15 Heliar). But at some point, if I do decide to add the 25 Color-Skopar,
> I'll need another adaptor ring; or I'll need to, as you mention, fiddle
> with switching the lenses on a single adaptor ring.
> I don't want to underestimate the importance of convenience. Until
> yesterday, when I broke down and bought another BM lens cap, I had to take
> the Heliar off the adaptor to use the rear lens cap (it obviously came
with
> a LTM rear cap). It was a real pain. I considered the fact that each time
I
> remove the lens from the adaptor, there's a chance that I'll lose the
> adaptor. Then I'm screwed, (or should I say, "Leica Threaded"). Suddenly,
> another BM rear cap is worth the cost. (One moment I say the BM rear caps
> are overpriced. Then I realize that it's less expensive than buying
another
> adaptor. There's the convenience factor, too. Add it all up and I have the
> rationale to spend more money on accessories).
>
> It's not the cost of lenses and bodies that bug me. It's the cost of all
> the little add-ons. As long as I'm venting I'll mention that I'm upset
with
> the variations in filter sizes among all my M lenses. A fellow luger just
> told me over the phone that he just spent $500 for filters for his Leica
> lenses, and his lenses are all the latest. It looks like I'll probably end
> up doing the same. The filter size thing doesn't bother me too much,
> because I'd hate to see a lens made larger just to accomidate a standard
> filter. I'm certain that's easier to do in the SLR world, since lenses are
> larger to begin with.
>
> In an ideal world, all lenses would take the same filter size. Further,
> Cosina would make Voigtlander lenses in BM. How much are the Voigtlander
BM
> to LTM adaptors, anyway?
>
> David
>
>