Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Contax mount with adapter probably works better than an LTM mount. On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 11:48 AM, Phil Forrest <photo.forrest at earthlink.net>wrote: > So, I recently have sold off a ton of gear and made a few trades. One of > these recent trades saw my acquisition of an Amedeo adapter for Nikon S > to Leica M. I didn't expect to still have a 35mm lens after saying goodbye > to my > Summilux but I found a Contax mount Jupiter-12 for almost free. > > So, the lens arrived yesterday and when on the Amedeo adapter, the > collar that is spring-loaded and drives the adapter helical touches the > Leica cam-follower from about 10m to close focus. I took that apart and > filed it down just enough to clear the cam follower and now the focus > is great. I'm really surprised that I've been a Leica shooter for this > long but have never owned one of these fantastic lenses. > > I'm looking forward to shooting it more! > > Here's a shot outside of Jay Maisel's studio/bank vault on Bowery > http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/312899-2/L1008453_E.jpg > > Thanks all. > Phil Forrest > -- > http://philipforrestphoto.wordpress.com/ > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/philforrest > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Chris Saganich www.imagebrooklyn.com