jbl Posted July 12, 2014 Share #21 Â Posted July 12, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) Fill both types of holes. The 6-bit reader has troubles with reflections from the chrome plating of the mount. Â Any suggestions on what to fill the grooves with that are supposed to be white? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ayewing Posted July 12, 2014 Share #22 Â Posted July 12, 2014 I have had good results with a "Sharpie" marker pen for temporary coding of Voigtlander lenses. You have to make the marks really black so more than one application may be necessary. Â For coded adapters I use matt black paint and if necessary white paint in the empty coding pits. Model shops sell handy little pots containing 14ml of enamel paint. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted July 19, 2014 Share #23 Â Posted July 19, 2014 Just ordered one of those Italian adapters for a Skopar 50/2.5. I will code it as a Summarit 50/2.5 if it works (hopefully). Mine did not unfortunately. At the first attempt it got stuck in the body mount and i had to damage the adapter to remove it therefrom. Had a nice little pouch though. Will keep it as a reminder... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJWhite Posted July 19, 2014 Share #24 Â Posted July 19, 2014 Any suggestions on what to fill the grooves with that are supposed to be white? Â I've used tester's modeling paint.Great stuff back when I was a kid in the 60's and still great today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbl Posted July 21, 2014 Share #25 Â Posted July 21, 2014 I picked some Tester's paint up yesterday. They make a paint pen now which the model store guy told me would be finer tipped (I showed him what I was trying to do). I did it last night so I'm planning to try it tonight. I hadn't realized how much I missed the smell of that paint :-). Reminds me of being a kid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJWhite Posted July 21, 2014 Share #26 Â Posted July 21, 2014 I picked some Tester's paint up yesterday. They make a paint pen now which the model store guy told me would be finer tipped (I showed him what I was trying to do). I did it last night so I'm planning to try it tonight. I hadn't realized how much I missed the smell of that paint :-). Reminds me of being a kid. Â Yup! For me, it's like 1962 all over again. ;-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbl Posted July 21, 2014 Share #27 Â Posted July 21, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) Yup! For me, it's like 1962 all over again. ;-) Â :-D. Truth be told, I was terrible at assembling models :-(. Â -jbl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbl Posted July 23, 2014 Share #28  Posted July 23, 2014 Well… I painted the grooves on the Metabones adaptor with white and black Tester’s paint in the appropriate places. When I connect it to my MM, it says the lens is uncoded.  Anyone encounter this? The holes are pretty well filled in.  -jbl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
menos I M6 Posted July 23, 2014 Share #29  Posted July 23, 2014 - make absolutely sure, you have coded the lens correctly and the adapter calls the correct frame lines - attach the lens with the lens release button still fully depressed - now gradually rotate the lens bit by bit in the lens mount and check if the camera recognises the coding in a position  - return the adapter and buy a new one (see my comments earlier re. low quality adapters) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick_S Posted July 24, 2014 Share #30 Â Posted July 24, 2014 I have a set of three older Leitz adapters with cut-outs, but no LTM lenses yet (I have them for use with the BEOON close-up attachment). Is there any problem with using these adapters and LTM lenses on the Monochrom camera, if I simply set the lens detection manually via the menus? Â Nick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250swb Posted July 24, 2014 Share #31  Posted July 24, 2014 Well… I painted the grooves on the Metabones adaptor with white and black Tester’s paint in the appropriate places. When I connect it to my MM, it says the lens is uncoded. Anyone encounter this? The holes are pretty well filled in.  -jbl  Metabones should be a well made adapter, so did you use gloss or matt? It needs to be matt, and it needs to be very opaque, so maybe more than one coat.  The adapter also needs to bring up the frameline the camera expects because the coding works by matching frameline with the markings. This has been said before, but often people think that if they want to code a 21mm lens it doesn't matter what adapter they use because they will be using a separate viewfinder. But the camera needs to recognise it is for a 28mm for the coding to work.  Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbl Posted July 31, 2014 Share #32 Â Posted July 31, 2014 That worked when I tried it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbl Posted July 31, 2014 Share #33  Posted July 31, 2014 Metabones should be a well made adapter, so did you use gloss or matt? It needs to be matt, and it needs to be very opaque, so maybe more than one coat.  The adapter also needs to bring up the frameline the camera expects because the coding works by matching frameline with the markings. This has been said before, but often people think that if they want to code a 21mm lens it doesn't matter what adapter they use because they will be using a separate viewfinder. But the camera needs to recognise it is for a 28mm for the coding to work.  Steve  Oh, I think I got gloss. Maybe that was it.  Back to the model store.  -jbl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbl Posted August 1, 2014 Share #34 Â Posted August 1, 2014 Well. I went to the model shop and promptly realized I'd coded the bits backwards. I don't know how I managed to do this and I checked it twice, even comparing it to non-symmetric codes on other lenses. But somehow I coded it backwards. Time for attempt 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbl Posted August 1, 2014 Share #35  Posted August 1, 2014 Ok. That did it. I’m officially an idiot :-).  Now to go code some other adaptors :-).  -jbl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
epand56 Posted August 3, 2014 Author Share #36 Â Posted August 3, 2014 I've coded my Voigtlander Ultron 28/1.9 and Ultron 21/1.8 with an opaque model paint by Tamiya. Just put the black paint and my M recognize them both. Also my Super Heliar 15/4.5 is working fine. The 28/1.9 has an LTM to M adapter, the other two lenses have a groove in the base. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbl Posted August 4, 2014 Share #37 Â Posted August 4, 2014 I've got two codings working now. One for a summaron 35/3.5 from the 1950s. The only thing that really bugs me is the 1m close focus distance. I got too spoiled with 0.7m. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbl Posted August 10, 2014 Share #38 Â Posted August 10, 2014 And an update on this :-). Â The adaptor seems to get recognized perfectly by the MM, but there's just a little give in the M240 mounting that throws the code reader off. It seems the M240 reader is a bit more sensitive. When the lens is mounted, I can shift the lens just a little in the lens mount and one way lets the code be recognized, the other doesn't. Â Anyone else seen this? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richfx Posted August 11, 2014 Share #39  Posted August 11, 2014 I have a set of three older Leitz adapters with cut-outs, but no LTM lenses yet (I have them for use with the BEOON close-up attachment). Is there any problem with using these adapters and LTM lenses on the Monochrom camera, if I simply set the lens detection manually via the menus? Nick  I hope not. I just purchased a Leica 5cm LTM adapter on e&*y for my MM and Canon 50mm 1.4 LTM lens. I'll know after it arrives, but I expect that it will work fine. I've tried my Voigtlander 35mm LTM adapter, which I use on a Canon 35mm 2.0 LTM, with this lens and it focuses perfectly, while bringing up the 35/135 frame lines, which I expected. Rich Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richfx Posted August 11, 2014 Share #40  Posted August 11, 2014 And an update on this :-). The adaptor seems to get recognized perfectly by the MM, but there's just a little give in the M240 mounting that throws the code reader off. It seems the M240 reader is a bit more sensitive. When the lens is mounted, I can shift the lens just a little in the lens mount and one way lets the code be recognized, the other doesn't.  Anyone else seen this?  That sounds bad to me. You don't want to lose a lens with one of these third party adapters. I'd go for a Leica, Leitz or Voigtlander adapter to protect your lens investment and peace of mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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