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

[Dennis Kushner]

POOKY the obvious name for it.

On Fri, Dec 26, 2014 at 12:09 PM, kyle cassidy on the LUG <
leicaslacker at gmail.com> wrote:

> Obviously, we need to market a line of "Dual Range LUG Shims" which will
> all be made from pennies that came from Dr. Ted’s pocket and have been
> painted red and engraved.
>
> I imagine this to be a $250 closeup system.
>
> It will need a name though that ends in OOKY…..
>
> Frank Filippone said:
> > Raises questions about the old saying... a penny for your thoughts.....
> >
> > Simply, a brilliant idea.
> >
> > Can you imagine what Leica would charge for that penny if it had a red
> dot
> > on it?
> >
> > Frank Filippone
> > Red735i at verizon.net
>
> >> 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.
>
>
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