Praktica M60 lens hacked to Leica Thread Mount

[02Pilot]

In the wake of converting the lens of a Nikon L35AF into LTM, I decided that I would try another conversion, this time based on a Praktica M60. It turned out to be a much easier conversion, albeit with a bit more fabrication. The end result is a fairly limited - fixed-focus and fixed-aperture - but extremely compact lens.



It does a reasonably good job, all things considered.



The full build, with more photos, is detailed here: https://filmosaur.wordpress.com/201...praktica-m60-26mm-f5-6-to-leica-thread-mount/

 

[IloveTLRs]

That's quite beautiful in its housing, actually.

I think I know the M60 as the Fujifilm Clearshot S, which I bought in Japan a long time ago. I think it was sort of a fully-automatic toy camera (it had quite soft edges.)

 

[02Pilot]

Thanks. Simplicity is often rather beautiful, I think.

Based on a quick internet search, I think you are probably correct that this is a Fujifilm Clearshot derivative. I will update my blog post to reflect this information. Thanks for the info.

 

[FoidPoosening]

I'd love to see a write up detailing how you did it step by step. Amazing work and extremely clean results!

 

[02Pilot]

I'd love to see a write up detailing how you did it step by step. Amazing work and extremely clean results!

Thanks. Just go to my blog post on it and you'll see the whole project in detail - the link is at the bottom of my original post.

 

[AgX]

That Praktica branded camera is in a different leage than the Nikon L35AF.
What kind of lens it got? Triplet?

 

[02Pilot]

That Praktica branded camera is in a different leage than the Nikon L35AF.
What kind of lens it got? Triplet?

According the information I have, it's a triplet. And touted as a "Glass Lens" to boot, so it must be good.

Definitely not in the same class as the L35AF, but with its own uses. My next project, however, is very much higher on the lens quality scale...