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Subject: [Leica] M8/M9 Interest: Lens swapping......LTM to 6Bit Coding M adapter
From: msadat at gmail.com (mehrdad)
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 23:31:50 -0700
References: <002401cb0439$57aa59e0$06ff0da0$@net>

was just about to ask you how it went with these adapters!! nice

On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 3:57 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at 
earthlink.net>wrote:

> I just received my 6Bit coding LTM to M lens adapter.  I was not told the
> brand name but for $15, I figured I had little to lose.....
>
> The brand is SHOGUN... marked for manufacture as Japan on the flange.....
>
> Nice quality, cheap, references the rotation of the lens almost perfectly (
> about 10 degrees off compared to my Voigtlander and Leica adapters that are
> just about perfect)
>
> I took some quick shots at Infinity..... looks spot on in focus.....
>
> Yes, I used my Goth Nail Polish to code it... took all of 2 minutes.....
>
> One comment... there is no SIDE red dot.... so mounting is not quite as
> easy
> as it should be....Red nail polish?
>
> I am now coded for my 75mm Heliar..... now the FL will appear in my EXIF
> data......
>
> Next, the mount swap for the 90 and 21 and 24 ASPH Elmarit, specially the
> 21
> and 24........
>
> Wish me luck.... @ $58 each.....
>
> Frank Filippone
> red735i at earthlink.net
>
>
>
>
>
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 regards, mehrdad


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