Irishimage Posted February 17, 2009 Share #1 Posted February 17, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) I have a Focoslide, FULDY which i use for close-up photography with my m39 thread mount len's and IIIc camera. I now want to use my M Bayonet len's on the Focoslide. Question is ,did Leica ever make a M39/M Bayonet adapter that would suit this purpose. Noel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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luigi bertolotti Posted February 17, 2009 Share #2 Posted February 17, 2009 I think there was an adapter to use the Summicron 50 lens head (VSPOO-16685) and another (VXZOO-16608) for the Elmar 50... but to verify if they fit your FULDY (which had a number of variants) some more info could be needed; btw, I think they are accessories not easy to find... focoslide & co. were specialistic items... I think is difficult that some private person - collector puts such items on ebay or so... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishimage Posted February 17, 2009 Author Share #3 Posted February 17, 2009 Thanks Luigi for the information. The Focoslide i have is the M39 threadmount version ,so can be used with any focal length screwmount lens and will focus correctly when set to infinity. As far as i am aware there was also a M-Bayonet mount version made. But for me to use M len's on this version i would need a adapter with m39 (male) thread to M-Bayonet (female) fitting. Do you think this adapter was ever made by Leica? Any information regarding this greatly appreciated. Noel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted February 18, 2009 Share #4 Posted February 18, 2009 I am almost sure that Leica never made a "39 male - M female" adapter (i.e., inverse of the well known "screw-to-bayonet" for LTM lenses on M bodies) ... M lenses are calibrated for a flange-to-film distance 1 mm shorter than screwmount lenses... such an adapter would have had few sense in general terms. I do not exclude that, playing with some combination of the dozens of Leitz-made rings, one can find the way to mount a M lens onto a 39 female screw... but surely losing any capability of focusing with a device like the focoslide. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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