lars_bergquist Posted July 22, 2007 Share #21 Posted July 22, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) a) The Milich adapter for the 15mm lens codes for 90+28mm frames. Mine works just fine. The '12 o'clock' dot on the lens iself may be a bit off to one side, but this is immaterial; my Milich adapter places it closer to noon than the 'native' CV adapter did. The phenomenon BTW is well known from Leica screw-thread lenses too. May I add that I am impressed by John Milich's design and construction quality, and by his prompt service. The best marking paint is Humbrol enamel, available in small 14ml cans from model builders' shops. I bet it's less expensive than nail polish too! The old man from the Age of the M39x1mm thread Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hookeye Posted July 22, 2007 Share #22 Posted July 22, 2007 Regarding Steve's comment about alignment - I've experienced the same thing. Very recently I've bought adapters both from Milich and Cameraquest. My finding is that the Voigtlander/Cameraquest adapter is tougher to fit onto the lens seat on the camera - it takes a bit of an effort to get it to "click" into place, whereas the Milich adaptor is a smooth as a breeze. On the other hand, while the alignment of the lens black dot is spot on with my CV15 lens, it is about 1 cm off with my CV12. Not that it matters to me - with the CV 12 I can just rotate the lens shade the other way and all is well. But to get to the point - the Voigtlander lenses are clearly not all the same in their seating. Hence, you cannot probably not blame Milich for not hitting the alignment spot on all the time. The "problem" is with the lens, not the adapter. At least in my case. A curiosity; - I coded the Milich adapter as for the WATE. In stead of choosing the "On + IR" option I chose just "On". Then my M8 recognize the lens as an 18mm. Firmware is 1.102. Have anybody else seen this - and what is the significance? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Lad Posted July 22, 2007 Share #23 Posted July 22, 2007 You have to go to on + IR to get the menu or it will default to 18mm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveSee Posted July 22, 2007 Share #24 Posted July 22, 2007 a) The Milich adapter for the 15mm lens codes for 90+28mm frames. Mine works just fine. The '12 o'clock' dot on the lens iself may be a bit off to one side, but this is immaterial; my Milich adapter places it closer to noon than the 'native' CV adapter did. The phenomenon BTW is well known from Leica screw-thread lenses too. May I add that I am impressed by John Milich's design and construction quality, and by his prompt service. The best marking paint is Humbrol enamel, available in small 14ml cans from model builders' shops. I bet it's less expensive than nail polish too! The old man from the Age of the M39x1mm thread +1 on the quality of John's products. For folks in the US, "Testors" brand enamel works well, and over many uses(no chips). Two 7.4 ml bottles(white and black) + 00 brush = USD 5.00. I suspect the "nail polish" choice is meant for multi-use applications of the same adapter. As to the adapter and lens "indicator" position, I've not had issue with this in use. hth+rgds, Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted July 22, 2007 Share #25 Posted July 22, 2007 ... A curiosity; - I coded the Milich adapter as for the WATE. In stead of choosing the "On + IR" option I chose just "On". Then my M8 recognize the lens as an 18mm. Firmware is 1.102. Have anybody else seen this - and what is the significance? Hans Peter, (Assuming that you're using an IR cut filter) if you don't use the "On + IR" option then the software won't correct the cyan drift in the corners because you're telling the M8 that it doesn't need to. The M8 asks you to specify 16, 18 or 21mm with the "On + IR" option because it needs to vary the amount of cyan drift correction to suit the focal length and efov. The "On" option doesn't make this correction because there is no IR cut filter to correct for so the M8 defaults to 18mm. Pete. Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwelland Posted July 22, 2007 Share #26 Posted July 22, 2007 I'd like to second the comments about the construction of John Milich's ring and filter adapters. Sure they're not cheap but they are worth every cent and the quality is absolutely superb. In fact, superb doesn't really do justice to the WATE and CV 12 ring adapters. As regards coding, I'm also a Testor's paint user. Black, white, thinners and a couple of fine brushes from Walmart (sorry) cost virtually nothing. If I recall, less than $8 all in. Very easy to fill the slots with paint and worked perfectly first time out with every ring I coded. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveEP Posted July 22, 2007 Share #27 Posted July 22, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Do you have the lens detection menu item set to "on + IR" ? Of course.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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