Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]again - point taken. Pig aluminum? Blue painter's masking tape is usually what I use in a a pinch. Eric On 4/1/07, Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com> wrote: > On 4/1/07 4:31 PM, "Eric Korenman" <faneuil@gmail.com> typed: > > > I know the subject sounds like a circus act from the 1940s, but I am > > looking for a step up ring for a noctilux to take 67mm filters. > > > > I found a slew of these adapters, made in China and sold on ebay. > > They are $1.25 a pop! Made of Aloo-min-ee-um (as you Brits say). > > > > how can I resist at that price? > > Any experiences with these cheap-y products? > > In the 'year of minimal new gear' I am trying to get around the B+W > > $40 adapters. > > I just want to avoid learning the hard way by stripping the front end > > of my soon-to-arrive gifted Noctilux. > > > > broke as of 4/16/07, > > Eric > > > > > Id never buy a $1.25 piece of pig aluminum which cost these crooks only a > nickel to make you know that! > > Duck tape that puppy on to that lens! > > Duck tape is reusable making it in effect free! > No risk of stripping the threads. You'd loose resale value that way. > If it gets a little gummy then soak the entire lens in lighter fluid over > night in a beer mug. That makes it fast and frisky! > > > > > Mark Rabiner > 8A/109s > New York, NY > > markrabiner.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >