CV 35mm Ultron offset and 6bit coding

[theno23]

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Hi all,

 

Received my M9 recently, so I've been looking at ways to get all my old lenses 6bit coded. I've forgotten to change the lens selection almost every time I've changed lenses, it is getting quite anoying when it comes to post processing.

 

First one I've coded is the CV 35mm Ultron ƒ/1.7. I got a chinese made (Kipon) screwmount adaptor from eBay with ready-milled slots for black dots to be drawn on. The only problem is that when mounted the lens is rotated about 30 degrees from where it should be on the body. Doesn't seen to affect the focus, but it's a little annoying.

 

Is this a common problem? I'm thinking of getting the original Voigtlander adaptor milled, if that's possible somewhere here in the UK.

 

The shots I've taken so far are here: Steve's M9 photos if anyone's interested.

 

Cheers,

Steve

[ggits]

Hi Steve,

I have an CV 35, 1,7 with original CV adaptor. It don't rotate. But it is easy to mont wrong, because the little red dot on the lens is hard to see when the adaptor is mounted.

 

I have not made any fix coding. I just do manuel when I use it.

[judal98]

Hello,

 

I had the same issue with the CV 50 1.5 Nokton mated to the Milich LTM-8 Adapter. DAG Camera Repair was able to "center" the lens for a reasonable fee.

 

Nice photos (your link).

[bocaburger]

I seem to recall that the C/V lenses have extra tapped holes under the mount, so the mount (LTM) can be removed and replaced offset to compensate. That said, I have half a dozen C/V LTM mounts and on the OEM Leitz adapters they're all TDC.

[adavis47]

Had similar issue with some Kipon adapters. Never a problem with C/V adapters but they don't have slots milled. Recess does prevent marker from wearing off though.

[horosu]

Same problem with Kipon adapterd. Not a porblem with CV's.