quest for pictures

From: David Woyciesjes <DAW_at_yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu>
Date: Thu Jan 10 15:51:13 2002

! From: ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk [mailto:ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk]
!
!
! >
! > At the bare minimum, I want real lens interchangeability.
! > I'd prefer a
! > Leica screw mount (just so I can use what I have), but
! > realistically, a C
! > mount (or even D) would be more practical. But ANY MOUNT!
!
! I wonder how many people on this list actually know what C
! and D mounts
! are, and what they were first associated with.

Not me really, but it does have to do with cameras...

! I prefer screw-in lens mounts to bayonet. For one very good reason. I
! don't need speed of lens changing, but I do like to make my
! own add-ons.
! I can cut the screw threads in the lathe without problems (I
! made my own
! C mount lens and body caps when I discovered that the
! 'official' ones had
! to be ordered from Switzerland and were over \pounds 35.00
! each). Making
! a bayonet mount is a lot harder.

Don't they have adapters? Or can you cut something down and slap it on the
lathe to make an adaptor?

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