Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hen If you are going to mess around with the amount that you screw in the lens for convenience, you should regulate the threading in for perfect focus match instead. That is more important. And yes, Austin, I had to surface grind the face of an adapter or two 'cause the lens needed to be screwed in deeper to achieve focus match. Those were non-Leica lenses, if I remember correctly. Jerry Henning Wulff wrote: > >At 6:21 PM -0800 3/11/03, Victor Tavernini wrote: > >>I was wondering if anyone here ever tried using > >>Loctite to semi-permanently attach an LTM to M adapter > >>on a LTM lens? I'm tired of my Voigtlander lens > >>coming loose ... > >> > >>Of course, I mean the blue / green stuff ... not the > >>red Loctite that you need a blow torch to soften ... > >> > >>Thanks, > >> > >>Victor Tavernini > > > >Blue loctite works fine; I have a couple of Voigtlander lenses that > >are attached that way. > > > >-- > > * Henning J. Wulff > > I should add that removing them again isn't that hard. The other good > thing about using the Loctite is that you can (usually) orient the > lens to the 12 o'clock position for the scales, and then the lens > stays there in normal use. > > -- > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html