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p.2 #1 · Leica 19mm (II) thread

Sorry to resurrect this thread but I didn't know where else to post it, I managed to attach a 72-77mm step-up ring to my 19mm elmarit. I got a very small rubber band and stretched it around the barrel, I then wiggled the stepup ring over it and used my fingernail to nudge the rubber band fully under the ring.

It doesn't seem likely to come off without significant force (or pinching the rubber band out) and the rotational friction is huge so I can tightly screw filters on/off. I had to push it on to the point that the flat part of the step-up ring was below the original front of the lens barrel, otherwise I got vignetting with my CPL, but it still doesn't touch the barrel or lens.

Pictures will better illustrate what I'm trying to say:

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And here is a shot wide open showing no extra vignetting. This lens always produces extreme falloff in the very extreme corners with my adapter because I think it is a little to thick.

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EDIT: sorry for noise in shots, I didn't feel like getting the tripod and it's a very dark gloomy day round here.

EDIT2: dang, didn't realise these were in adobeRGB, didn't realise Safari for windows was colour aware, but it appears it is, I'll fix that now.

Aug 15, 2009 at 03:25 AM

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p.2 #2 · Leica 19mm (II) thread

Box it up and send it to me. I shoot a lowly 20D and will not have any clearance issues.

Jim

Aug 15, 2009 at 11:34 PM

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p.2 #3 · Leica 19mm (II) thread

Oh I have no clearance issues anymore. I have a well shaven 5D-II mirror and almost anything clears it

I met a lady at the beach at sunset tonight and she was like "what're you shooting"... I was like "oh the sunset?" She goes "no your camera" and I was excited cos she noticed my Leica and she followed up with "Canon 5D, same here!" and she continued shooting the sunset with her 5D, 24-70 and 580 EXII flash firing. I wonder how her shots came out, here's mine from today:

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Aug 16, 2009 at 12:04 PM

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thrice wrote:
Sorry to resurrect this thread but I didn't know where else to post it, I managed to attach a 72-77mm step-up ring to my 19mm elmarit. I got a very small rubber band and stretched it around the barrel, I then wiggled the stepup ring over it and used my fingernail to nudge the rubber band fully under the ring.
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thrice, as you may have noticed, i've changed the title of this thread to a more general title which is better for searching (I hope). You've contributed lots of valuable information here and my original message title doesn't do your and other's contribution any justice. This should be your thread.

Attaching the step-up to the 19mm was a fantastic idea! Unfortunately, I've decided to sell my 19mm

There's an useful, informative (in chinese language but photos should be clear) and inspiring (some images are very good) thread that's solely on the Leica 19mm version I and II here:

http://forum.xitek.com/showthread.php?threadid=619411

Aug 28, 2009 at 04:20 AM

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p.2 #5 · Leica 19mm (II) thread

so you mean you attached the step up ring with a kind of large rubber O ring? is that what you meant? i would be very interested too.. A wide lens without possibility for ND or polarizer filters is a bit nonsense..

Aug 28, 2009 at 09:59 AM

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Paoletto wrote:
so you mean you attached the step up ring with a kind of large rubber O ring? is that what you meant? i would be very interested too.. A wide lens without possibility for ND or polarizer filters is a bit nonsense..

I used a little purple flat elastic band, it was about 2cm diameter before stretched around the lens barrel. It's a 72->77mm step up ring. I use a normal (non-slim) 77mm B+W UV filter and a singh-ray lb warming polarizer in a slim 77mm mount. No additional vignetting from either filter.

For the ND grad I use the cokin p universal mount and push it onto the lens barrel from behind the filter (have to take the lens off the body to put the holder on) it allows the single nd filter to be held *just* in front of the polarizer, avoiding reflections and vignetting. Here's one from this morning with this setup:

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Aug 28, 2009 at 04:32 PM

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makron wrote:
thrice, as you may have noticed, i've changed the title of this thread to a more general title which is better for searching (I hope). You've contributed lots of valuable information here and my original message title doesn't do your and other's contribution any justice. This should be your thread.

Attaching the step-up to the 19mm was a fantastic idea! Unfortunately, I've decided to sell my 19mm

Aug 28, 2009 at 04:41 PM

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p.2 #8 · Leica 19mm (II) thread

You should have sold it to me, for a sixpack!

Aug 28, 2009 at 05:29 PM

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p.2 #9 · Leica 19mm (II) thread

If the bride photos on the above link are indeed from the Version One 19-R lens, then it may be a very underestimated lens. Those look fantastic !

Aug 28, 2009 at 06:56 PM

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p.2 #10 · Leica 19mm (II) thread

thrice wrote:
....Why oh why would you sell it

I couldn't bring myself on many occasions to shave the lens or the camera. For me, any unuse or rarely use lens has to go no matter how fantastic it is or how much I'm attached to it.

Sep 04, 2009 at 03:37 AM

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ulrikft wrote:
You should have sold it to me, for a sixpack!

After the sixpack, you just might as I'm a lousy drinker

Sep 04, 2009 at 03:39 AM

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p.2 #12 · Leica 19mm (II) thread

gmanp wrote:
If the bride photos on the above link are indeed from the Version One 19-R lens, then it may be a very underestimated lens. Those look fantastic !

Yup, he used the version one on his D3X.

Sep 04, 2009 at 03:41 AM

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p.2 #13 · Leica 19mm (II) thread

Didn't want to start a new thread...my apologies for bumping this one up. But I wanted to note that this lens outresolves the 7D sensor...and gave me a good dose of the evil that is Bayer filtering.

Oct 27, 2009 at 05:55 AM


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