Converting Voigtlander Bessamatic lenses to work on a Retina Reflex (and vice-versa)

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RolandRB - 27 Aug 2004 08:53 GMT

Converting Voigtlander Bessamatic lenses to work on a Retina Reflex
(and vice-versa)

Does anyone know if that article is still available?

(Yes, I know it isn't MF but there is no point in me asking it on the
35mm newsgroups as they know nothing about cameras and lenses).

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Marv Soloff - 27 Aug 2004 12:21 GMT

Yes - http://rick_oleson.tripod.com/index-150.html

Regards,

Marv

> Converting Voigtlander Bessamatic lenses to work on a Retina Reflex
> (and vice-versa)
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> (Yes, I know it isn't MF but there is no point in me asking it on the
> 35mm newsgroups as they know nothing about cameras and lenses).

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RolandRB - 27 Aug 2004 16:17 GMT

I contacted the author. The pages are still there but the links are
broken.

http://members.tripod.com/rick_oleson/index-150.html

The images are here:

http://members.tripod.com/rick_oleson/bessa/bessalens-1.gif
http://members.tripod.com/rick_oleson/bessa/bessalens-2.gif
http://members.tripod.com/rick_oleson/bessa/bessalens-3.gif

http://members.tripod.com/rick_oleson/bessa/skopar_mount.jpg
http://members.tripod.com/rick_oleson/bessa/xenon_mount.jpg
http://members.tripod.com/rick_oleson/bessa/xenar_mount.jpg

Brilliant!

I think there were more retina lens to Bessamatic conversion than the
other way round. Strange when you think they were the same shutter.

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Ted Azito - 31 Aug 2004 05:38 GMT

> > Converting Voigtlander Bessamatic lenses to work on a Retina Reflex
> > (and vice-versa)
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> > (Yes, I know it isn't MF but there is no point in me asking it on the
> > 35mm newsgroups as they know nothing about cameras and lenses).

Boy, is that true.

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