Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/02/08

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Bellows
From: amr3 at uwmalumni.com (Alan Magayne-Roshak)
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2017 23:45:52 -0600

>Similarly, I have an old Spiratone 400mm f6.3 and even though it looks M42,
>it isn't. It does thread on for a turn, but locks due I think to a
different
>thread pitch, and thus doesn't focus properly. Sometime, when I have a bit
>more time, I'll stick it on my heavier Manfrotto tripod and see how far
it's
>out, and maybe try to get some sort of adaptor

>Douglas
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In the sixties I had a lens like that too (marked Tamron).  It is a
T-Mount.  You need a T-Mount to M42 adapter.
I still have some T-Mount lenses with adapters that let me use them on my
Canon and my Fuji.

Alan

Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services
(Retired)
UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978
UPAA Master of the Profession 2014
amr3 at uwm.edu
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