Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 04:54 12/12/98 -0500, you wrote : >LUGgers, > >I recently picked up a BOOWU-M (copying kit) for a song and thought it was exactly what I needed to copy a lot of old family photos. Unfortunately,my recent Elmar 50/2.8 (pace Gandy!) doesn't fit because a baffle at the back of the (collapsed) lens prevents the lens-locking bayonets engaging. > >What's my cheapest option? How early a 50mm bayonet Summicron or Elmar am I going to need? Anything out there? Am in the UK but can do VISA, AMEX >or $$$. > >The kit came with the UOORE adapter, so I can use a Summicron lens head, apparently. Do recent 50mm Summicrons still come apart in this fashion? > >Many thanks, > >John > > ####### The best thing to do is to resell your Boowu (see above Michael Leitheiser). Firstly you have already an elmar 50 (the last type I suppose)which apparently doesn't work with. All the same you're not going to buy another 50 with a removable head. Secondly if you have a M6, be careful when you engage one of the three intermediate collars of the boowu with the camera. I made the experiment in the past and I damaged the cell stand. Thirdly you have only 3 fixed scales.What are you doing if the dimensions of the original are not standard ? Fourthly the light of the flash (or of the sun) falling on your document gives shadows of the legs ! If you don't want to use a reflex, the best solution is a viso + elmar65. Dominique Pellissier