Monkey C , Jun 21, 2005; 10:24 a.m.
I recently modified my 40mm Summicron-C to bring up the 35mm
framelines on my M6(i.e. I took a file to it).
There are a few
posts on p.net about this, but I never found any photos of the final
result. So here are a few shots of mine.
For details of how to do
the modification go to this previous post:
http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00AQS2
N.B.
Watch out for filings, I suspect they could get into places you don't
want them! I stuffed lint free rags into anywhere I wanted to
protect. You might want to slip a piece of card under the 'flange' to
protect the metalwork from scratches.
I've found the 35mm framelines
to be much closer to the actual 40mm than the 50mm framelines - which
are brought up prior to modification. A lot of people on p.net will
advise against this mod, however, this really is a simple process -
nowhere as confusing as I've made it seem!
(This process may
devalue your lens, so consider it carefully).
Monkey C , Jun 21, 2005; 10:25 a.m.
Monkey C , Jun 21, 2005; 10:25 a.m.
Monkey C , Jun 21, 2005; 10:26 a.m.
Monkey C , Jun 21, 2005; 10:33 a.m.
Just to clarify; that's only one flange being filed down. Don't file any of the others...
Al Kaplan - Miami, FL , Jun 21, 2005; 10:44 a.m.
Thanks, Monkey. I'm going to save this! Sure beats describing it about once a month to some new Summicron/Rokkor -C owner who wants to use it on an M body! I've done a few of them and with a bit of care the filings aren't really a problem. The lens is SUPERB!
Nicolas Douez , Jun 21, 2005; 11:02 a.m.
I don't want to play the devil's lawyer but wouldn't it be preferable to let the C-40 bring the M6 50mm frame up ? A configuration I've used on a friend's M6 once.
Thus you shoot with a lens which takes a picture matching a virtually wider frame than the one you see in the viewfinder - quite easy to be back to your original composition under the enlarger then.
On the contrary, bringing up a wider frameline than the frame the lens will shoot could be a little bit annoying just because you might be left with something you saw in the VF while composing and which is finally missing on the actual picture.
Lutz Konermann , Jun 21, 2005; 11:09 a.m.
BTW, I notice your 'cron is wearing that nice vented 40.5mm metal hood by "heavystar" - I erroniously bought one for a Canon 1.5 just to find out that the Canon uses the very uncommon 40mm thread...:-(( So, I'm left with one I would like to find a better home for - preferably along with the similarly as new 40.5mm to 46mm step up ring for 46mm filters on said 'cron. Both of these together, shipped worldwide, I'm offering for USD 30, Paypal. Cheers.
Monkey C , Jun 21, 2005; 11:27 a.m.
Yes, that's the Heavystar hood - very nice indeed, especially at the price. BUT, mine's the 39mm version for the Leitz lens.
Monkey C , Jun 21, 2005; 11:27 a.m.
