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Subject: [Leica] Interesting article on digitizing film
From: tmanley at gmail.com (Tina Manley)
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 10:48:48 -0400
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That should be R to L adapter that I just ordered, not R to T.

Tina

On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 10:47 AM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:

> Right now I'm using an R to M adapter and an M to T adapter stacked on
> each other to use the 100 Macro on the SL.  I've just ordered the Leica R
> to T adapter which should make things easier.  It is ridiculously
> expensive!!! $750 for an adapter.  But it's the only one that does this:  
> This
> adapter maintains infinity focus and the adapted lens' focal length, and
> also supports the camera's use of aperture-priority metering, as well as
> manual exposure mode.
>
> The Nikon ES-1 slides in and out like an extension tube for focusing.  It
> is finicky, though.  I have to refocus every time I change slides.
>
> The Beseler Slide Duplicator has a bellows.  I may go back to using that
> if I can figure out how to attach the camera securely.  Once you get it set
> up, it's much easier to change the slides.
>
> Tina
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 10:33 AM, George Lottermoser <
> george.imagist at icloud.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> > On Sep 11, 2017, at 5:16 PM, Jeff Moore <jbmmllug at jbm.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > I have similar questions!  Is it the Nikon ES-1 you've been using, and
>> > is there any fiddliness involved to get it to stick on and align
>> > properly on the 100mm APO-Macro-Elmarit-R?  Does it position a slide
>> > at an appropriate distance from the front of the lens?
>> >
>> > The ES-1 is so non-Leica relatively expensive at 60 bucks that it
>> > definitely seems worth trying, if it doesn't not-fit in some fatal
>> > way.
>>
>> Always worth investing in a proper bellows IMO.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> George Lottermoser
>>
>> http://www.imagist.com
>> http://www.imagist.com/blog
>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>
>
>
> --
> Tina Manley
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> http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-
> 4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html
>
>
>


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