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Subject: [Leica] T-adapter for Leica M?
From: red735i at earthlink.net (red735i at earthlink.net)
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2009 14:47:28 -0700 (GMT-07:00)

I do see the M mount on Ebay every so oftern, but, A fairly common T mount 
is LTM.  With a LTM-M adapter, Bob's your Uncle.

FrankF

-----Original Message-----
>From: Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net>
>Sent: Sep 6, 2009 9:11 AM
>To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>Subject: [Leica] T-adapter for Leica M?
>
>Does anyone know if a T-adapter is available for the M mount? There  
>are accessories made for adapting cameras to telescopes for  
>astrophotography, but they generally require a T-adapter. The M8, with  
>its extended red (IR) sensitivity, would seem ideally suited to making  
>astrophotos in hydrogen-alpha light, which is deep red. In fact, there  
>are people who will modify Canon DSLRs by removing the IR-cut filter  
>for exactly this type of work. So the M8 should be well suited to this.
>
>But I need the T-adapter.
>
>?howard
>
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