[LRflex] Re: Leica R to EOS adaptors ... alternative brands.
- From: Slobodan Dimitrov <s.dimitrov@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 21:09:59 -0700
Change formats and see where it takes you.
I usually carry a TLR. You might try an Holga or Woca. Shooting
squares is sufficiently different in approach so as not to be
redundant. Another rectangular shooting box, of whatever media,
silicon or gelatin, is pointless and adds unnecessary weight.
Slobodan Dimitrov
Studio G-8, AGCC
http://sdimitrovphoto.com
On Aug 25, 2005, at 8:58 PM, Bob Palmieri wrote:
> Charles -
>
> I was working with a terrific machinist and guitar maker named Ken
> Parker last week on a number of projects. While he was working on the
> lathe I pulled out my Fotodiox adapter, (which does get wiggly & loose
> as the slots in the cams compress) and tried a few different shim
> thicknesses in the slots. I had been using .020" jobbies cut from
> collar stiffeners stuck into the slots and the adapter was actually
> too
> tight on most lenses. I tried .016; too loose. You guessed it... .
> 018
> is pretty much the Goldilocks spec, at least for mine.
>
> But maybe .017 would be even slicker...
>
> Anyhow, if yer gonna leave 'em on the lenses, I'd say get a few of the
> Fotodiox rings and stick 'em on; if they get loose try some shims.
> The Fotodiox guy sez there's a pretty big difference in optimum
> spacing
> for old and new R lenses...
>
> Incidentally, I was traveling around the New York area doing a coupla
> photo gigs, a music gig and also getting to see my dad for a few
> minutes in there somwhere. Besides music gear I was schlepping around
> a Leica M with 4 lenses and the 20D, also with 4 lenses. I'm
> chagrined
> to say that, try as I did, I just couldn't shoot a single frame of
> film. Every time a photo opportunity was in front of my face, I
> had to
> admit that the digital was the tool for the job at hand.
>
> Bob Palmieri
>
>
>
> On Aug 25, 2005, at 8:48 PM, Charles Cason wrote:
>
>
>> Thanks David,
>> I decided to purchase two of these lower priced adapters. When you
>> refer to the kerfs, are you talking about what looks like a slit
>> in the
>> bayonet? Is this where you inserted the flat blade screwdriver?
>> Charles
>>
>> David Young wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hi Charles...
>>>
>>> I believe that Ted Grant is doing that with several adapters from=
>>> CameraQuest (Stephen Gandy). I understand, from others on this list
>>> who=
>>> own both, that the Gandy adapter and the Fotodiox adapter are
>>> identical.=
>>> Of thest two the fotodiox is the lower price.
>>>
>>> The only functional difference between the Novoflex and the
>>> Gandy/Fotodiox=
>>> adapter is the method of holding tension on the lens. The Novoflex,
>>> as=
>>> you know, uses springs. The other two use kerfs cut in the metal...
>>> a=
>>> lower cost option.
>>>
>>> Goto my website: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/getting_a_grip.htm and
>>> scroll=
>>> down just a wee bit. You'll see a close-up of how these kerfs work.
>>>
>>> When I got my fotodiox adapter, the adapter was firm in the camera,
>>> but the=
>>> lenses were quite loose and had a noticeable 'wobble', which didn't
>>> seem=
>>> to affect the focus. But it sure affected my feelings about it!
>>>
>>> After much discussion, here, I cured this by taking a small,
>>> flat-blade=
>>> screwdirver and pushing it into the kerf. The metal moved quite
>>> easily=
>>> and I thought the soft metal might need "re-adjusting" on a regular
>>> basis,=
>>> but this has not proved to be the case. The adapter continues to
>>> work=
>>> perfectly after several months and thousands of shots.
>>>
>>> BTW: it is rumoured that the R-lens mount part of the Novoflex
>>> adapter is=
>>> purchased by Novo from the folks who OEM the mount for Leica! No
>>> wonder=
>>> it's [a] perfect and [b] expensive!
>>>
>>> I find it most convenient to leave the one adapter I have, on the
>>> camera=
>>> and switch the various lenses. This lowers cost, and makes my
>>> 'hand=
>>> actions' identical to mounting/dismounting as I have always done.
>>>
>>> Cheers!
>>>
>>> David.
>>>
>>> ---------
>>>
>>> On 25/08/2005 at 7:57 PM Charles Cason wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> I just looked at the R lens to EOS body at Fotodiox at $90. I want
>>>> to
>>>> order a couple of these but the image they show on their website
>>>> for
>>>> this adapter looks more like an extension tube. I bought one
>>>> Novoflex
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> from B&H but they are too expensive. Does this Fotodiox adapter
>>>> look
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> the same as the B&H? I am having trouble switching this from
>>>> lens to
>>>> lens and so I thought I would try a cheaper version and just leave
>>>> it on
>>>> the lens. Anyone doing this?
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Charles
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> David Young,
>>> Logan Lake, BC
>>> CANADA.
>>>
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