Great ... I was hoping you'd see these messages and jump in. Thanks for clarifying that for me ... everyone else seems to have gotten it ;-)) I'm so slow sometimes.
Speaking of Leica lenses, I'm going to take my pre-1934 Leitz Elmar for a little photo-safari this weekend. Shel > [Original Message] > From: Juan Buhler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 2/11/2006 10:36:43 AM > Subject: Re: Pentax Glass on a Leica? > > 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.
