ebrunner wrote:
When I was in Junior High School, my father taught me how to use a camera. That camera was a Leica IIIf with a Summitar 50mm f/2 lens. The camera is once again in my possession; but the aperture ring was hopelessly stuck in place and the camera itself has issue that are beyond my pay grade to repair. So the Leica sat on a shelf for years.
Then I realized that I could mount really old lenses to a mirrorless camera with an adapter and it should work fine. With some help from a member of this forum, I managed to gather the courage to take the front part of the lens apart and fix the stuck aperture adjustment ring. In the past few days, I've really enjoyed getting reacquainted with my old friend. Let me know what you think.
Erich
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Congrats on the new life you breathed into that old, non-functional lens. Definitely was well worth your insatiable curiosity and decision to embark on the project!