Re: [Leica] Half Frame for Leica Glass

["Gwen & Jim Long" <jimlong@inwave.com>]

But the frame would advance a full 35 mm frame.  So you have half your roll
of film unexposed.
Need to adjust the film advance amount.

Jim
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From: Frank Filippone <red735i@earthlink.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Cc: <marc@attinasi.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 1:15 AM
Subject: RE: [Leica] Half Frame for Leica Glass


> Count me in.... I wanted a M6 Half Frame.....!
>
> Frank Filippone
> red735i@earthlink.net
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Marc
> Attinasi
> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 8:30 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: [Leica] Half Frame for Leica Glass
>
>
> There is a camera repair shop here in town that does a super conversion
> to half-frame on Cosina made SLR bodies
> (http://www.procamerarepair.com/products.htm).  I have an Olympus
> OM-2000 that they converted, and it works like a champ.  They do the
> Nikon FM-10 and Yashica FX3 bodies too, all use the same film transport.
>  I asked them if they thought the Cosina made Voigtlander Bessa cameras
> might have the same transport, and thus be convertable by them, and they
> thought it quite possible. I am interested in checking this out...
>
> Is anyone else interested in a half-frame conversion for the Bessa (L,R,
> or T)?  I think a T would be awesome, since one could use M-lenses on
> it.  Let me know, if there is interest I'll pick up a body and see if
> they can convert it. Also, if anyone knows for sure what the three
> Bessas share that would help too.
>
> Half Frame is a really cool format, with a Leica lenses it would be very
> sweet.
>
> Thanks,
> - marc
>
>
>
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