Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Stephen Gandy's site briefly discusses the conversions: http://www.cameraquest.com/classics.htm Metering and infinity focus should not be a problem but rangefinder coupling probably is as it would be prohibitively expensive to manufacture the correct cam compensating mechanism*. It could be done but, judging by the price of the lenses on the market, I think you would have to scale focus which is not that much of a problem with a 21mm. John Collier *Caution inexpert opinion not back up by hard knowledge. > From: "Gunalan Sengalrayan" <gunas@consortio.com> > > > > Has anyone come across Contax G lenses modified to 'M' mounts..? Can this be > done successfully i.e rangefinder coupling, metering and framelines be > maintained..? > > Will one have infinity focus? >