Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/10/06

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Subject: [Leica] PESO: a thing of beauty
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 20:49:02 -0500
References: <2F4E400D-79F4-4A22-A5BC-0BBA54F26557@frozenlight.eu> <49FFBC2D-FFC8-48ED-9212-8576C782AF26@icloud.com> <4DCDB070-3A47-4167-85BD-C36DBB67A9C3@frozenlight.eu> <BB20DAC0-1EC3-4D43-8130-B8CCD06AC40E@acm.org>

Herb, in most cases, the adapters are just thread-to-bayonet adapters, 1 
mm in thickness.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 10/6/2014 7:38 PM, Herbert Kanner wrote:
> How does it arrange for rangefinder coupling?
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> Herbert Kanner
> kanner at acm.org
> 650-326-8204
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> Question authority and the authorities will question you.
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> On Oct 6, 2014, at 1:43 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:
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>> Indeed, this collapsible Summicron is from 1953 according to various 
>> serial number listings, and it is screw mount. I bought a ?20 Fotodiox 
>> adapter from Amazon.
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>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
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>> Nathan Wajsman
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>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
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>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator
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>> YNWA
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>> On 06 Oct 2014, at 22:37, George Lottermoser <george.imagist at 
>> icloud.com> wrote:
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>>> On Oct 6, 2014, at 3:30 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
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>>>> One of the things that makes Leica special is that you can take a lens 
>>>> from the 1950s and put it on a camera from 2008 and it all works 
>>>> together wonderfully:
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>>>> https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10204922360078545&l=f302bdb428
>>> And that's a truth.
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>>> In fact it's quite easy to mount almost any Leica screw mount lens to 
>>> the digital Ms; as well.
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>>> Regards,
>>> George Lottermoser
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>>> http://www.imagist.com
>>> http://www.imagist.com/blog
>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
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