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revers
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 Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 7:46 pm Post subject: I could not wait another two weeks - - |
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revers wrote:
- - for an adapter to try out my Helios 44-2. I thought I was set because I have a M42 to PK adapter that worked with other M42 mount lenses but the 44-2 has a very small diameter seat & it backs onto the M42-PK adapter & not onto the PK adapter. Well this allows the lens to flop about when mounted so I ordered a M42 to m4/3 adapter which will take a minimum two weeks to come. I got the idea to make a washer that would transfer the seat of the lens onto the PK mount as my other M42s do. I took some brass shim-stock to make the washer.
1. First I scored the outside diameter
2. Next I cut out the inside diameter
3. After going back & cutting through the outside diameter I drilled a hole for the locking pin. I used a fraction drill that was too big & allowed the lens/washer to have play when focusing & I re-drilled with a #40 bit that gave a better fit.
4. Now the lens does not flop about but it is upside-down. 
Next post I will show the first pis with this temporary fix.
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| Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 7:55 pm Post subject: |
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revers wrote:
1. Minimum focus distance @ f2
2. Minimum focus distance @ f5.6
3. f5.6
4. f5.6
5. f5.6
6. f5.6
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| Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 8:06 pm Post subject: |
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Olivier wrote:
WOW.
Ron, that's GREAT.
Do you reach infinity ?
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revers wrote:
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WOW.
Ron, that's GREAT.
Do you reach infinity ? |
Not quite sure, but if not, it is very close.
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egidio wrote:
great!
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fish4570 wrote:
You got a good one. You are blessed with a machinist's talent - and the proper tools ... 
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Attila wrote:
Congrats Ron! Great job!
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revers wrote:
Thanks guys.
I am a hobby woodworker not machinist but I do have a machinist quality drill press. I have made much of the furniture in our house.
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| Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 12:35 am Post subject: |
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Himself wrote:
Neat job Ron.
I like your tools. |
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LucisPictor wrote:
Wow! That's great to be able (and have the tools) to build your own adapters. 
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Boomer Depp wrote:
We need guys like you working on a solution to the Gull oil debacle....
BTW....I love seeing creative ingenuity in action!
...by just another big kid who has used the resources at hand to implement a working solution.
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revers wrote:
Well I took it out for a walk in town today & just left it @ f 5.6.
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3. Something new for me, a first time shooting street pics.
4. In this shot I had the lens cranked to infinity. What do you think, do I have infinity focus?
It's too bad the damn lens is upside-down though.
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francotirador wrote:
I have used these tools and it takes great patience. Great job and a hard worker.
Congratulations.
Nice shots
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Congrats on taking the solution into your own hands and enjoying your lens - I did notice one thing however. I can't see a difference at all between your first two shots, at least not enough to show the difference between f2 and 5.6. Not having used the 44-2 myself, but having the 40-2, I wonder if you have only set the pre-set for the aperture, but not actually closed it down?
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If it's not infinity, it's quite close!
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Congrats on taking the solution into your own hands and enjoying your lens - I did notice one thing however. I can't see a difference at all between your first two shots, at least not enough to show the difference between f2 and 5.6. Not having used the 44-2 myself, but having the 40-2, I wonder if you have only set the pre-set for the aperture, but not actually closed it down?
K. |
I see a difference but there may be a bit of what you said going on. First use & all. That close-down ring is a pain in the butt & quite free wheeling on my copy. On the G1 I don't need the lens opened up to focus.
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djmike wrote:
Great work, Ron.
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thePiRaTE!! wrote:
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I see a difference but there may be a bit of what you said going on. First use & all. That close-down ring is a pain in the butt & quite free wheeling on my copy. On the G1 I don't need the lens opened up to focus. |
It's touchy on the 40-2 as well, quite easy to have the aperture attenuate in handling (Biotar too for that matter). If I am in my 'bokeh mode', I lock it open, but generally have gotten used to having it range from open to f4. Since the habit has formed, I appreciate having the continuous selection available, however.
Continued success!
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