dlove5 Posted December 19, 2007 Share #1 Posted December 19, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) I'm hoping the experts here can help me with an adapter/extension tube set I just bought. [ATTACH]66103[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]66104[/ATTACH] Anybody ever see or have one of these adapters? What was it designed for? I just bought this off of ebay because it may solve one of my problems to try to adapt Visoflex bayonet short focusing mounts to a Pentax SLR. As near as I can tell it is an M bayonet lens to LTM camera adapter attached to three LTM extension tubes of various lengths. They have a hammertone gray finish. I have never found any information on the adapter. It is not listed in any of the Leica catalogs, journals, manuals, or books I have consulted. I saw just the adapter on ebay about 6 months ago or so. It too, had a hammertone finish. I do think it had an id number on it, but I don't recall what it was. Any insight or help would be greatly appreciated. The M bayonet mount pictured looks like the kind found on the front of the Visoflex II/III as opposed to that found on the front of M cameras. The raised bayonet mates with the skirted flange on the back of a Visoflex short focusing mount. Evidently Leica may have done this to prevent someone from putting a short mount directly on a camera. So it probably had some other application than to allow a bayonet mount lens to be used on a LTM Leica. Unless we are talking as a macro lens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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luigi bertolotti Posted December 19, 2007 Share #2 Posted December 19, 2007 Very strange and interesting... I have a dozen of books about Leitz gear but do not remember to have seen this.. or at least not a picture of. The rigid tubes of different lenghts can make think of some copying function, to cover a number of standard sizes... The lettering is, I'd say, 1970s style... The Leitz catalog for copying equipment, during the years, has been populated by an impressive number of devices, accessories and so, but, I repeat, do not remember to have seen something like; this night I will re-investigate on Laney... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlove5 Posted December 19, 2007 Author Share #3 Posted December 19, 2007 Luigi, Thanks for looking into this. I should be receiving the adapter and extension tubes in a day or two. I will look for an id number and post additional photo if we still don't have it figured out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc_braconi Posted December 19, 2007 Share #4 Posted December 19, 2007 There are parts of the BEOON to be seen in the square cheers JC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlove5 Posted December 20, 2007 Author Share #5 Posted December 20, 2007 Thats it! Thanks, JC. Of course, I went back and looked at a couple of my sources and sure enough there it was. In my defense, most of the descriptions I had seen of the BEOON were not very detailed. Although I did just come across an old Viewfinder Journal article that describes it pretty well. Researching some of this stuff can be frustrating yet addictive. Thanks again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted December 20, 2007 Share #6 Posted December 20, 2007 JC... you're always the best... and always beat me in timing & documentation... ... This morning I was ready to write proudly a post on BEOON... (without scanned pics...)... switched on my PC, connected, went to LUF... oh, damn...JC has already arrived... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc_braconi Posted December 20, 2007 Share #7 Posted December 20, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) oh, damn...JC has already arrived... but Santa Claus no ! so I wish to all of you a Merry Christmas and a lot of gifts ! Regards JC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted December 20, 2007 Share #8 Posted December 20, 2007 but Santa Claus no ! so I wish to all of you a Merry Christmas and a lot of gifts ! Regards JC Thanks, and Merry Xmas to you ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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