Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]For the adventurous owner of a GF-1 who does not have the 20mm/f1.7 lens, here is an alternate source for a fairly-thin pancake lens. You can modify an Industar 69 (28mm f2.8 LTM lens for Chaika half-frame camera) and use it with an LTM adapter. The modification involves removing the focusing stops, allowing the lens to focus from infinity down to 10-15 cm. Here are photos of the lens mounted on my G1and some results from a walk around the neighborhood. I don't expect to make much use of this lens, but it was an interesting project. And while this post is not Leica specific (other than the thread mount), it relates somewhat to the "carry camera" topic running today. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Al+Crouch/industar69/ Al Crouch San Antonio, TX