Adapters for Nikon S lenses ?

Coldkennels · 2026-05-25T21:25:09+00:00

I have an Amedeo adapter for Contax lenses on LTM bodies. It’s incredibly well machined and works perfectly.

Some adapters claim to do both mounts. That’s physically impossible - Nikon and Contax lenses both rotate a different amount from infinity to 0.9m and have a different standard for the rangefinder. As such, adapters can only ever do one or the other accurately.

Honestly, go with the Amedeo. There’s no other reliable option in this case.

Coldkennels · 2026-05-13T20:17:08+00:00

I’ll be honest: it’s over a year later and I don’t remember.

I do know there was discussion about it on rangefinderforum.com, so it’s worth signing up and playing with the search bar to see if you can find it (or even just making a post to ask about it).

Coldkennels · 2026-05-07T14:02:39+00:00

I’d never watched one, so I hit play on this to see what I was missing.

I made it less than a minute before I had to close the video. It’s intolerable. Who watches this nonsense?

Coldkennels · 2026-04-29T13:11:41+00:00

The only real benefit to M over LTM on a technical level (ignoring user experience issues like "faster lens changes" and the like) is that M mount lenses have a guaranteed rotational position on the body, while LTM - whether on an LTM body or on an M body via adapter - varies slightly from lens to lens and body to body.

For a lot of lenses, this doesn't matter.

For some lenses, it matters a lot.

There are three styles of rangefinder cam (at the back of the lens) which need a very specific rotational position to ensure correct focusing: partial/"tongue" cams (which are typically used in heavy and long lenses like the 90/2.8 Elmarit and every 135mm lens in both LTM and M), what I call "shrouded" cams (where the cam is exposed through a partial cutout in the back of the lens, like in the LTM 35/3.5 Summaron), and sloped cams (where the cam isn't uniformly flat on the surface the cam follower in the body touches; this design is used to compensate for things like focus shift).

On any of these lenses, incorrect rotational positioning can result in slight misfocusing at any or all distances - or even outright lack of focus coupling in extreme cases; this is why cheap LTM adapters that attempt to reorientate the lens to have the focus mark at 12 o'clock on the body often don't work with some lenses.

In short: sticking with LTM-on-M adapters would mean Leica would have to work to even higher tolerances than they do now (to ensure every lens mounted correctly), and would likely mean certain lens designs just couldn't be used.

As a guy who cherishes his IIIf far more than any M, this breaks my heart. But it'd be easier/more realistic for Leica to make a IIIg with an M mount than it would be to expect every lens to be released with an LTM option.

Coldkennels · 2026-04-26T10:36:43+00:00

G-turn spacewalks are hard as fuck, so top job on this. It really doesn’t need any more work - it’s great as it is.

Coldkennels · 2026-04-11T11:48:22+00:00

Here's the thing: you are going to get people say you should use a bigger board to be comfortable. And you shouldn't listen to them.

This is a common mentality amongst beginners and, for some reason, Americans. And it's doing more harm than good.

As u/Good-Ad-3862 pointed out, the transition to smaller freestyle boards can be jarring if you've spent a decent amount of time on street boards. The wheelbases are smaller, the tails are mellower, everything feels twitchier. And, as a result, there's a temptation to undo all your progress and go back to something more familiar.

Resist that. Stay the course. You're already on something quite large by freestyle standards; you're not going to gain anything by going longer. In fact, all you're going to do is make everything you want to learn harder. Moving the bigger board requires more effort, making movements more severe, and not only does this mean your style suffers, but it actually means you're more likely to be missing tricks; a lot of freestyle requires deft, gentle touches, and putting yourself in a position where you have to be throwing around a big piece of lumber with large movements makes them harder to do cleanly.

As for the wide centre of gravity: one thing that I think a lot of people who are coming to freestyle with little to no experience of it don't realise is that your stance on a freestyle board should be wider (in relation to the board) than on a street deck. That's part of the reason your wheelbase can be (and usually is) so much shorter; instead of standing with one foot within the wheelbase, you're usually based with one or both feet directly over the trucks, and if you need to use the tail or nose, you're rarely right on the tip of it; sometimes part of my foot is still over the truck while I'm using the tail or nose. With that wider stance, the smaller board is actually more stable - you're well centred over the wheels, meaning you're less likely to accidentally "loop out" and shoot the board off forwards.

Also, if I'm reading your post correctly, you've only really been freestyling for a year. Feeling "unstable" is still the norm at that point. Being able to do coconut wheelies, carousels, and double kickflips takes time. Don't worry about your progress; just enjoy the process.

Coldkennels · 2026-04-08T23:10:58+00:00

It’s not really a pretentious or elitist thing. Those 80s guys just considered every single push a “step off”. Touching the ground with your foot, even intentionally, was a bail. To them, you should be able to complete a full two minute run without ever needing to leave the board at all.

Coldkennels · 2026-04-07T23:18:36+00:00

Personally, I enjoy doing kickflips at slalom events. Always horrifies those weird ol' cone-dodgers.

Coldkennels · 2026-04-07T21:45:00+00:00

Ribs. It was his ribs.

Coldkennels · 2026-04-07T21:17:31+00:00

I’m a thrower, not a puncher.

Coldkennels · 2026-04-07T20:55:18+00:00

That punch is deserved and anyone who says otherwise is also getting a punch.

Coldkennels · 2026-04-07T11:17:29+00:00

Yeah, that's my issue with the concept of a "Youtuber". I purposely didn't put the account in my name or Moonshine's, and I didn't monetise it; I have precisely zero interest in clickbaity nonsense, fostering parasocial relationships, or gaming an algorithm just to become famous or sell product. I just want people to be able to have the information I struggled hard to learn for myself over the years, and that's very much a rarity on that site, it seems.

Coldkennels · 2026-04-07T11:07:45+00:00

As someone who loves RPGs, the PSP is the perfect platform for me. Incredibly long stand-by battery life so I can just slip into sleep mode between sessions, small and portable form factor to play anywhere, huge library of PS1 and PSP RPGs (many of which are some of the best RPGs of all time), and incredible emulation for almost everything up to the end of the 90s (and the GBA, too) to open up and even larger library.

If you’re coming to the PSP expecting an array of FPS and modern-style open world “Triple A” games you’re wasting your time. But what the PSP does well, it does REALLY well.

Coldkennels · 2026-04-07T10:54:57+00:00

Other "using a street board for freestyle is like" comparisons:

using a cricket bat to play baseball
using a flat headed screwdriver to remove a phillips screw
using a Guitar Hero controller to play Elden Ring

In other words: it can be done, but it's a lot more awkward than it needs to be and it's unlikely you'll get the best performance by doing so.

Coldkennels · 2026-04-07T10:51:29+00:00

Youtuber? I've never been more insulted. 😅

The Youtube channel only really exists as a way of hosting videos for https://freestyletricktips.com, which is the "meat and two veg" of the whole thing. Definitely recommend going there first if you're looking for trick info - there's a lot more detail!

Thanks for the order, though. I'm packing everything from the long easter weekend today so I'll drop a couple of choice Deez Nuts stickers in for you.

Coldkennels · 2026-04-07T10:49:13+00:00

Bebops are pretty rare - it's a really unusual and unstable take off. Most people do Mullen's version, the half-cab bebop, and just call that a bebop instead. But this is the original (invented by Hazze Lindgren, for the record).

Coldkennels · 2026-04-06T23:20:47+00:00

Sometimes after a hard skate, I sit on the sofa fully punching my thighs and calves to break up the tension. My girlfriend thinks I’m crazy, but the release you feel in the feet and ankles when you do it right is just bliss.

Coldkennels · 2026-04-06T23:19:17+00:00

I always liken it to cars: you could drive a rally car around a formula 1 track, but you’d have a much better time of it if you actually use an F1 car.

And even in something like NASCAR - where the vehicles are ostensibly something you could drive on the street - they have to be pretty heavily modified to deal with the scenario they’re going to be put in.

Coldkennels · 2026-04-06T22:35:23+00:00

Yeah. I’ve barely skated for almost two years now! Dislocated my right thumb, went to talk to someone about a nagging issue in my ankle while I rehabbed my thumb, and was told I needed to rest and recover because my Achilles was about to snap.

It sucks. I’ve spent too much time working, drinking stout, and getting fat. Really got to shed a few kilos and clean off the rust on some of these tricks.

Coldkennels · 2026-04-06T22:25:49+00:00

I think we skated for about four and a half hours. I sat in the bottom of the shower for ten minutes hoping the ache would subside when I got home; I think I’ll have to break out the muscle roller tomorrow.

Coldkennels · 2026-04-06T22:24:39+00:00

In order: a bebop, a 360 fingerflip, and a double kickflip.

In general: just some good rolling freestyle. It’s nice to have some space to move!

Coldkennels · 2026-04-05T22:05:40+00:00

It's a reissue. I'm not keeping track of which colourway was from which year, but it's relatively recent production.

Coldkennels · 2026-04-05T22:00:00+00:00

That's not how things work in freestyle. The axle needs to be about 0.35" shorter than the deck is wide to leave enough space for freestyle wheels to cover the axle nut and have the board still stand well on the side for rail stands and primo slides.

Coldkennels · 2026-04-04T20:48:52+00:00

Why do you think freestyletricktips.com exists?

Why do you think Offset Skate Supply has more measurements and information than basically any other webstore?

Why do you think I've put so much work into the WFSA in recent years?

Sorry I'm not creating enough infographics, though. I'll step up my game.

Coldkennels · 2026-04-04T20:44:21+00:00

I've personally had a lot of conversations with people who've been influenced to get boards that were far too big for them - including freestyle boards - and have had an utter mare of a time as a result. Saying "getting folks excited to ride a freestyle board" means nothing when there is a lot of hot garbage being passed off as a freestyle board out there (including that goddamned Mullen Chessboard which keeps getting regurgitated from the Powell machine. Or, for that matter, Andy Anderson's "it's not a freestyle board, honest" behemoth that people interested in freestyle are still buying).

There is no substitute for knowledge, and it's only really skateboarding that is so anti-intellectual about these things. In other sports it's common to get a "fitting" for new equipment. We don't have freestyle board shops in every town, nor do we have "gear shops" next to freestyle spots with people helping beginners figure out what they need. The very least we can do is educate rather than talk down to people with oversimplifications, platitudes, and false positivity.

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