Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/12/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I?d just buy a new adapter. I use a slug of them Leica and third party and have not had an issue with Film or Digital M cameras > On Dec 3, 2018, at 7:10 PM, Peter Klein via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > I was checking various lenses on my M10-P today, and discovered that one > of my LTM to M adapters doesn't quite work. It's a 28/90 adapter, not > encodable, probably Voigtlander, but made before they branded them. It > has worked well on my previous Leicas, both film and digital. It was > always a little more reluctant to click into place than my other LTM/M > adapters, and I think that may be the problem. > > On the M10-P, the adapter mounts, and the lens selector lever moves into > position. The rangefinder appears to focus. But the camera's lighted > framelines never appear. And when I try to take a shot or go into LIve > View, the camera's LDC screen tells me that no lens is mounted. I've also > seen a message in the viewfinder that looks like "bc." > > This happens only with this one specific adapter, no matter what lens is > attached to it. My guess is that it is not quite turning far enough, and > something is not happening that the camera tests for its "Is a lens > mounted?" routine. > > Could I remedy this problem by filing something down slightly on the > adapter? (Probably the stop that halts the lens from turning further when > mounting). Can anyone point me to the place to file, or an article that > describes it? And would be advisable, or should I just spring for a new > adapter to avoid messing something up in the camera? > > --Peter > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information