Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/12/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Raises questions about the old saying... a penny for your thoughts..... Simply, a brilliant idea. Can you imagine what Leica would charge for that penny if it had a red dot on it? Frank Filippone Red735i at verizon.net I'd posted a while ago asking if anybody had any thoughts about filing down the threads on a 50mm to allow the focus coupling to travel further on lenses that's close focus was limited to a meter. Kicking the idea around a little, I've come up with a modification which will work with any LTM 50mm and doesn't require grinding or altering the lens. It allows close focusing to about half a meter (haven't checked exactly) - I have before and after close focusing images plus instructions here: http://kylecassidy.livejournal.com/802756.html I'd been kicking around the idea of getting a voigtlander nokton 1.5 - the LTM ones are cheap, like $400, but the new bayonet mount ones are like $900 and as far as I can tell, the only significant difference is that the bayonet mount ones close focus to .7 meters.