Damn, that wasn't supposed to go to the whole list.  Sorry folks.

On Sep 1, 2012, at 2:59 PM, Larry Colen wrote:

> The package showed up today.
> 
> Should I just paypal you the postage?
> 
>   Larry
> 
> On Aug 19, 2012, at 8:02 PM, steve harley wrote:
> 
>> on 2012-08-19 15:25 Larry Colen wrote
>>> Secondly, I'll want a way to mount one axially behind a k-mount lens.  M42 
>>> would be sort of easy, just drill two holes on the same axis, one the size 
>>> of the laser, one 42mm, and then thread the hole for m42 lenses.  I sort of 
>>> did this with my current setup which uses an old 50mm Argus C3 lens.  This 
>>> spreads the beam nicely, but I'd like to be able to change focal lengths to 
>>> change the spread of the beam, and I have a much wider range of K-mount 
>>> than m42 lenses.
>> 
>> no idea about laser sources, but if you'd like the K-mount and immediately 
>> surrounding chassis from an old A3000 i'll send it to you for shipping; it 
>> has a working quick release, and it appears the chassis rear presents a 
>> plane which is square to the light path, which should make it relatively 
>> easy to attach stuff properly to the back
>> 
>> there is also a momentary switch (for the backlight) and a toggle switch 
>> (for the self timer) which both still appear to work
>> 
>> another option you might consider is a bellows unit with K-mount on the 
>> front and M42 (or other) on the back
>> 
>> (if you want to go high-end i have a SMC 100/4 Bellows lens plus 
>> Auto-Bellows A for sale; the male K-mount ring uncouples from the back and a 
>> machine shop could easily fabricate a custom ring to replace it)
>> 
>> 
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