> In the package with my recent LX, I also got a very strange lens.
> It's marked "ULTRA-MICRO-TAKUMAR 1:1.3 30mm". "ASAHI OPT. CO.
> JAPAN"
>
> has a screw mount on the rear of the lens that is smaller than 42mm
> . . . maybe 37 or 39
Recently William Robb wrote:
>
> It sounds like a bellows lens for the pre spotmatic era cameras.
> I think they had a smaller thread mount than M-42. It might make
> a pretty good enlarger lens for big enlargments from 35mm if the
> thread size is correct. I wonder how much it would cost to have
> an adaptor cut so it could go onto an M-42 bellows.......
This all sounds right. 37 mm should be the correct value, and adapters can
even be bought (ask Fred Wasti about it).
Cheers,
Boz
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