Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]... Leitz ground the bayonet facing surface after chrome plating. All the original Leitz adapters show brass facing surfaces, and each of mine is a different width, indicating a slightly different amount of thickness was ground off. > > 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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html