Elmarit 60














This is the Leitz Macro Elmarit 60mm, until now, the most difficult one.
unscrew bayonet
















First, unscrew the six screws from the mount.
Unscrew black ones

















Now, the three black ones.

fora


















screws out.
move
















Rotate the black cover until this position.
push













Now we want to lift the bayonet, it is necessary to push the diaphragm lever gently to liberate the mount
.
free
















Now we can lift this side of the bayonet.
rotate















Turn the bayonet to the right to liberate the other side .

out


















Bayonet is free.
ball













Look for the small ball, this time it is in it's place, I use to save it in secure place to avoid problems.

lleves












Unscrew  the two clear metal cams.

The third cam (the black ladder shaped one) will stay in the lens
lleves fora

















Cams and spacers out.
ring

















Now remove the diaphragm ring.
screws

















Remove these two screws.
fora


















Screws out.
find the position













Now we have to remove the internal ring, in my lens I needed to turn the focusing ring until the 14" position.
out

















Now it is possible to remove that ring.
separar















The flexible black cover can be removed this way.
separat
















Now they are apart.
replace














Put the brass internal ring and the two screws in its place again..
replace ring
















And the diaphragm ring.
replace ball















Put the small ball in place with a little bit of special grease.
ball in place

















The ball in place.
Leitax





Install the Leitax bayonet, the red dot in front the scale center (Pentax version).

The Leica-Nikon bayonet has the red dot slightly more to the right than the one at the picture.
camera















Finally, after so much effort, we have the lens ready for our digital cameras.
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