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Subject: [Leica] M8/M9 Interest: Lens swapping......LTM to 6Bit Coding M adapter
From: ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 20:13:19 -0400
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where's you get them?

ric


On Jun 4, 2010, at 6:57 PM, Frank Filippone wrote:

> I just received my 6Bit coding LTM to M lens adapter.  I was not told the
> brand name but for $15, I figured I had little to lose.....
> 
> The brand is SHOGUN... marked for manufacture as Japan on the flange.....
> 
> Nice quality, cheap, references the rotation of the lens almost perfectly (
> about 10 degrees off compared to my Voigtlander and Leica adapters that are
> just about perfect)
> 
> I took some quick shots at Infinity..... looks spot on in focus.....
> 
> Yes, I used my Goth Nail Polish to code it... took all of 2 minutes.....
> 
> One comment... there is no SIDE red dot.... so mounting is not quite as 
> easy
> as it should be....Red nail polish?
> 
> I am now coded for my 75mm Heliar..... now the FL will appear in my EXIF
> data......
> 
> Next, the mount swap for the 90 and 21 and 24 ASPH Elmarit, specially the 
> 21
> and 24........
> 
> Wish me luck.... @ $58 each.....
> 
> Frank Filippone
> red735i at earthlink.net
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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