Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]One other thing Gary. None of your lenses need to be coded to work properly on the M8. All they need is the UV/IR filters. Due to the age and filter size of your lenses I believe you would need step up adapters or in the case of the Summitar a special adapter to use standard size filters. Len On Jan 9, 2009, at 9:51 PM, Leonard Taupier wrote: > Gary, > > I just combined two of your e-mails to make it easier for me to > answer you. > > First, the 65 Elmar and the 200 Telyt lenses are meant to be used > with the Visoflex only. > > The 35 Summaron was made in both screw mount and M bayonet versions. > The 50 Summitar is a screw mount lens. > The 90 Elmar could be either but most likely it is a screw mount. > > None of these lenses can be coded permanently for M8 use if they > are the M bayonet type. The screw mount lenses can be coded by > buying an adapter that has been made specifically for that purpose. > In that case it's the adapter that gets coded. > > During the time that Leica was starting to build the M series of > camera body some of the screw mount lenses could be purchased with > a bayonet adapter. It sounds like what is happening, on the lenses > that unscrew from the adapter in the bubble base, that all that is > happening is the lens is just unscrewing from the adapter. It's > just not screwed into the bayonet adapter tight enough. Nothing is > broken. You can try tightening the lens into the adapter a little > tighter and then see if it comes out with the adapter. > > Your 120 hektor most likely is for your projector. The normal > Hektor for use on the camera body is 135mm. > > I think you'll have to do a little look see on your lenses to know > what you really have. I'm not an expert on what came in plastic > bubbles. The three lenses I have in bubbles are all screw mount > lenses and didn't come with bayonet adapters. > > Regards, > Len > > > > > On Jan 9, 2009, at 7:00 PM, Gary Dalton wrote: > >> >> Thanks... >> >> One more question... >> >> The lenses have been stored in their original "plastic bubble" >> containers. When I remove some of the lenses, they come out with >> their bayonet mounts in place. Two of them don't. They unscrew, >> leaving the bayonet adapter in the black base of the plastic >> bubble... I'm thinking that adapter is supposed to come out with >> the lens.... Right?... These adapters show no indication that they >> want to move despite my gentle encouragement. (I'm not into >> forcing things...) >> >> Your ideas, please? > > I have to confess that I haven't done my homework on this, except for > perusing lists of lenses that could be coded. I'm probably missing > something.... My lenses are... > > 35 Summaron > 50 Summitar > 65 Elmar > 90 Elmar > 200 Telyt > > And, then there's a Hektor1:2.5/120... But, I've been wondering if > it's > configuration makes it for the Pradovit projector I have... > >> >> >> >> >>> From: ricc@embarqmail.com >>> To: lug@leica-users.org >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Thanks... >>> Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 18:45:55 -0500 >>> >>> infra-red >>> >>> no need till you get that M8 >>> >>> ric >>> >>> >>> On Jan 9, 2009, at 6:40 PM, Gary Dalton wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Well, then that would be all five of them... >>>> >>>> Last question before I go buy some film... >>>> >>>> What are... >>>> >>>> IR cut off filters? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> From: imagist3@mac.com >>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Thanks... >>>>> Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 17:34:43 -0600 >>>>> To: lug@leica-users.org >>>>> >>>>> generally speaking - only 35 or wider need coding consideration. >>>>> However they'd all need the IR cut off filters. >>>>> >>>>> Fond regards, >>>>> George >>>>> >>>>> george@imagist.com >>>>> http://www.imagist.com >>>>> http://www.imagist.com/blog >>>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Jan 9, 2009, at 5:28 PM, Gary Dalton wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> So, does an older lens need to coded (or whatever it is "they" >>>>>> do) >>>>>> to facilitate use with an M8? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>>> information >>>> >>>> _________________________________________________________________ >>>> Windows Live?: Keep your life in sync. >>>> http://windowslive.com/explore? >>>> ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_allup_explore_012009 >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>> information >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Windows Live? 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