[Leica] I figured out how to adapt any LTM 50mm into a dual range lens - cheap & fast

[Richard Man]

Wow, necessity is the mother of invention and all that! Perhaps a thin ring
on top of a LTM->M adpater will do the trick.

Good job!

On Fri, Dec 26, 2014 at 7:43 AM, kyle cassidy on the LUG <
leicaslacker at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'd posted a while ago asking if anybody had any thoughts about filing
> down the threads on a 50mm to allow the focus coupling to travel further on
> lenses that's close focus was limited to a meter.  Kicking the idea around
> a little, I've come up with a modification which will work with any LTM
> 50mm  and doesn't require grinding or altering the lens. It allows close
> focusing to about half a meter (haven't checked exactly) -- I have before
> and after close focusing images plus instructions here:
>
> http://kylecassidy.livejournal.com/802756.html
>
> I'd been kicking around the idea of getting a voigtlander nokton 1.5 -- the
> LTM ones are cheap, like $400, but the new bayonet mount ones are like $900
> and as far as I can tell, the only significant difference is that the
> bayonet mount ones close focus to .7 meters.
>
> How many of you still use a LTM mount 50mm?
>
>
>
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