Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]With the 1.4x adjustment, you could fit a 35mm lens, but use the 50mm finder. The negatives would certainly be sharp using the middle of the projection area of the lens. Regards, Robert At 08:35 AM 2/9/2002 -0800, you wrote: >That adjustment is part of the conversion - no film wasted, and perfectly >even frame spacing. It works great! > >The issue on the Bessa will be the viewfinders - there is a 1.4X focal >length adjustment factor with half frame. > >- marc > >Gwen & Jim Long wrote: > >>But the frame would advance a full 35 mm frame. So you have half your roll >>of film unexposed. >>Need to adjust the film advance amount. >> >>Jim >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: Frank Filippone <red735i@earthlink.net> >>To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >>Cc: <marc@attinasi.org> >>Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 1:15 AM >>Subject: RE: [Leica] Half Frame for Leica Glass >> >> >>>Count me in.... I wanted a M6 Half Frame.....! >>> >>>Frank Filippone >>>red735i@earthlink.net >>> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >>>[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Marc >>>Attinasi >>>Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 8:30 PM >>>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >>>Subject: [Leica] Half Frame for Leica Glass >>> >>> >>>There is a camera repair shop here in town that does a super conversion >>>to half-frame on Cosina made SLR bodies >>>(http://www.procamerarepair.com/products.htm). I have an Olympus >>>OM-2000 that they converted, and it works like a champ. They do the >>>Nikon FM-10 and Yashica FX3 bodies too, all use the same film transport. >>>I asked them if they thought the Cosina made Voigtlander Bessa cameras >>>might have the same transport, and thus be convertable by them, and they >>>thought it quite possible. I am interested in checking this out... >>> >>>Is anyone else interested in a half-frame conversion for the Bessa (L,R, >>>or T)? I think a T would be awesome, since one could use M-lenses on >>>it. Let me know, if there is interest I'll pick up a body and see if >>>they can convert it. Also, if anyone knows for sure what the three >>>Bessas share that would help too. >>> >>>Half Frame is a really cool format, with a Leica lenses it would be very >>>sweet. >>> >>>Thanks, >>>- marc >>> >>> >>> >>>*** Marc Attinasi *** >>>* mailto: marc@attinasi.org * >>>* http://www.attinasi.org * >>> >>> >>> >>>-- >>>To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >>> >>> >>>-- >>>To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >> >>-- >>To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > >-- >*** Marc Attinasi *** >* mailto: marc@attinasi.org * >* http://www.attinasi.org * > > > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html