Originally Posted by
Ed Bray
Thanks for the info.
I got my LX and measured the minimum distance and it was exactly 60mm, I then tried the 47mm SA XL on a flat board and it would just not focus to infinity, the back focus of a 47mm SA XL is 59mm.
I then asked my next door neighbour who is a toolmaker, if he could put a 2mm recess 100mm in diameter into one of my flat 0 holed Sinar boards. The board's plate is 3mm aluminium. This he did and as soon as he gave me the lensboard back I painted the recess black to match the rest of the board, after it had dried, I mounted the 47mm SA XL into the board once again, happily, this time it does focus to infinity (and beyond).
So I am well chuffed, hardly a noticeble recess, lens focuses beautifully and I can easily get to all the controls, I have just got to get a centre filter for it now.
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