brucek Posted March 25, 2010 Share #1 Posted March 25, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) Do such things exist? If so, could someone provide product names / nomenclatures so that I can try to track them down? Thanks! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted March 25, 2010 Posted March 25, 2010 Hi brucek, Take a look here M bayonet extension tubes. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
jaapv Posted March 25, 2010 Share #2 Posted March 25, 2010 I guess the only things of that kind are the DR Summicron and Macro Elmar 90 goggles. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted March 25, 2010 Share #3 Posted March 25, 2010 Komura did a 2x teleconverter once - ghastly thing. Like Jaap, I can't think of anything else that would come close to matching your requirement, unless you go down the Visoflex route. Regards, Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
giordano Posted March 25, 2010 Share #4 Posted March 25, 2010 1) I've never actually seen one but the 1975 Leitz catalogue lists the 16469, which is a 10mm thick ring with male and female M-mounts. Listed as extension rings for the 280mm Telyt and to provide 1:1 focus with 50mm lenses on a Viso II/III. 2) Also you can use a 16466, the adapter for mounting Viso I lenses on a II or III, plus an ordinary LTM-bayonet adapter, plus any LTM extension tubes. (The Corfield ones seem to come up for sale quite often.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted March 25, 2010 Share #5 Posted March 25, 2010 For completness... there is the old SOMKY-16507 for 50mm lenses... not difficult to find... a goggled unit like the one of DR Summicron, same reproduction ratios, with the advantage that can be used on M8/9 too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-hawinkler Posted March 25, 2010 Share #6 Posted March 25, 2010 1) I've never actually seen one but the 1975 Leitz catalogue lists the 16469, which is a 10mm thick ring with male and female M-mounts. Listed as extension rings for the 280mm Telyt and to provide 1:1 focus with 50mm lenses on a Viso II/III. 2) Also you can use a 16466, the adapter for mounting Viso I lenses on a II or III, plus an ordinary LTM-bayonet adapter, plus any LTM extension tubes. (The Corfield ones seem to come up for sale quite often.) I have the 16469 and use it with the Visoflex III. It fits in between a Viso at one side and an M lens, the 16466, the 16464, or the Bellows II on the other. K-H. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted March 28, 2010 Share #7 Posted March 28, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) By an amazing coincidence I ran across a goggled extension tube today: SOMKY. It turns out Leica made a number of different ones for different lenses. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/116417-m-bayonet-extension-tubes/?do=findComment&comment=1275880'>More sharing options...
k-hawinkler Posted March 28, 2010 Share #8 Posted March 28, 2010 Jaap, WOW! Amazing is the operative word indeed. Being pretty new to Leica rangefinder photography, I am fascinated by the fact that one can combine the fairly new digital M9 (or M8) with half a century old mechanical and optical components into a functioning system that has the potential of taking stunning photos. Thanks for posting, K-H. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeitz Posted March 28, 2010 Share #9 Posted March 28, 2010 It didn't happen by chance. It's German design philosophy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-hawinkler Posted March 28, 2010 Share #10 Posted March 28, 2010 It didn't happen by chance. It's German design philosophy. zeitz, Thanks. I understand, having grown up in Germany. Nevertheless, I am also equally amazed that computers, especially supercomputers, work at all considering their complexity, having used them for many years. With regards to mechanical gear, Leica's conservative approach in not changing the outside dimensions of their cameras much, has considerable advantages when using a Visoflex III with an M9, for example. The trigger arm of the Visoflex comes right down on the switch of the M9 and fires the shutter. Fascinating! Thanks again, K-H. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted March 28, 2010 Share #11 Posted March 28, 2010 Also, for closeups, one can use he Zeiss Ikon Contameter device: Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/116417-m-bayonet-extension-tubes/?do=findComment&comment=1275987'>More sharing options...
PasMichiel Posted March 29, 2010 Share #12 Posted March 29, 2010 By an amazing coincidence I ran across a goggled extension tube today: SOMKY. It turns out Leica made a number of different ones for different lenses. Jaap, Do you want me to ask if the private owner still wouldn't sell it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted March 29, 2010 Share #13 Posted March 29, 2010 Depends on the price, but yes, thank you, Michiel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PasMichiel Posted March 29, 2010 Share #14 Posted March 29, 2010 Ofcourse not for any price. Well I'll keep it warm and let you know. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PasMichiel Posted March 29, 2010 Share #15 Posted March 29, 2010 When he sells it, I don't think it's expensive. the collapsible bayonet 50mm that my brother is buying there was only 75euro. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted March 29, 2010 Share #16 Posted March 29, 2010 true. it would be a nice thing in my collection Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted March 29, 2010 Share #17 Posted March 29, 2010 I use rather a lot my SOMKY... and almost any "next to macro" pic of my gear that I posted here has been made with it : M8+SOMKY+UOORF+Summicron 50 head (without the UOORF ring you can mount only collapsible Elmars or Summicron) Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Is a pleasant combo to use. Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Is a pleasant combo to use. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/116417-m-bayonet-extension-tubes/?do=findComment&comment=1276857'>More sharing options...
jpattison Posted March 29, 2010 Share #18 Posted March 29, 2010 Jaapv, David Stephens Leica has one for sale at £75 in Manchester UK Regards, John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted March 29, 2010 Share #19 Posted March 29, 2010 Thanks. I'll bear that in mind if this one falls through. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted March 29, 2010 Share #20 Posted March 29, 2010 Of course, the goggled macro adapter for the current 90 Macro-Elmar is essentially a revival of the SOMKY, and thus incorporates an extension tube. IIRC only the 90 ME can be mounted on it, though (upside down). Leica Camera AG - Photography - LEICA MACRO-ELMAR-M 90 mm f/4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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