On 2/11/06, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I believe there are adapters that allow Leica glass to be used on Pentax > bodies. I had one that I gave to Juan, but it didn't focus to infinity. I > believe that Juan found an adapter that allowed infinity focus, but you'd > have to check with him to be sure. My memory these days has turned to > porridge.
No. The adaptor I was looking for and found a while back was just a 39mm->42mm ring. I use it with an Industar 50 for Zenit. This is an SLR lens, same design as the rangefinder Industar but with a shorter barrel, to accomodate the mirror box. When the Zenit factory made their first SLR, they just added a mirror box to the design of a Zorki, one of the Russian Leica copies. The Industar 50/3.5 is a copy of the Leica Elmar 50, and they also adapted this lens to their SLR. So my adapter just allowed infinity focus with an SLR lens. Shel's adapter (which I still have and will return next time we meet!) added 1mm or so of thickness, so I couldn't focus to infinity. With the 39mm-42mm and a 42mm-K adapter, I can use the Industar, made in the Soviet Union in 1959, on the istD. j -- Juan Buhler Water Molotov: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com Slippery Slope: http://color.jbuhler.com
