Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/12

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Subject: Re: [Leica] BOOWU Boohoo!
From: Michael Leitheiser <flyh2o@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 07:48:28 -0800

John,
Your best option is to sell it to me cheap....(<:

At 04:54 AM 12/12/98 -0500, you wrote:
>LUGgers,
>
>I recently picked up a BOOWU-M (copying kit) for a song and thought it was
>exactly what  I needed to copy a lot of old family photos.  Unfortunately,
>my recent Elmar 50/2.8 (pace Gandy!) doesn't fit because a baffle at the
>back of the (collapsed) lens prevents the lens-locking bayonets engaging.
>
>What's my cheapest option?  How early a 50mm bayonet Summicron or Elmar am
>I going to need?  Anything out there?  Am in the UK but can do VISA, AMEX
>or $$$.
>
>The kit came with the UOORE adapter, so I can use a Summicron lens head,
>apparently.  Do recent 50mm Summicrons still come apart in this fashion?
>
>Many thanks,
>
>John
>
>  
>
Mike Leitheiser

"When the trout are lost, smash the state."
                                   Tom McGuane