Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Richard, I use the Novoflex adapter,mainly because I got it over the counter at the Photokina with 20% off the recommended price. There have already been discussions on the list about the relative quality of Cameraquest, Fotodiox and Novoflex adapters, and the price you pay for them. I think a reasonable summary would be, they are all good and work perfectly. Almost all Cameraquest adapter users who have commented here and on other lists have the approximately the same opinion as Nathan concerning the quality. The Novoflex adapter is the Rolls-Royce of the bunch,machined from bronze to a very high standard and has a steel retaining spring mechanism to keep it on the lens, which is,in turn, reflected in the price - wypfiwyg. It also has a very fiddly release button which plays havoc with your fingernails until it gets "worked-in". There have been some problems reported , I believe with the Fotodiox adapter, where careful use of brute force has been necessary to bend some part of it to make a tighter fit on the lens. cheers Douglas BTW for Contax SLR lens owners there are also at least 3 adapters that I know of on the market. This very much worth considering for Zeiss 50 mm "standard lenses".The Zeiss 50/1,4, and particularly the 50/1,7, can be found at very reasonable prices second hand, both lenses are a cheap way of getting into fast lenses for Canon EOS mount cameras, and , as far as I can tell from comparing them with Leica-R lenses, the quality is quite fantastic The three are : Bob Shell in the US, Z?rkendorfer in Germany, and a German photo store, Foto Huppert. I can't comment on Bob's adapter as I've neither seen nor used one, the Z?rk adapter is expensive,very well made, but impractical, removing it from a lens requires a small tool to unscrew a retaining screw, the Huppert adapter, which I use is a fine piece of precision engineering milled from phosphor bronze blanks,very easy to use and change and a perfect fit. Rumour has it that it was actually made by Zeiss , or at least with Zeiss machines and quality control. For M42 (Pentax screw) lenses, and there are some classy bits of glass at very reasonable prices on the s/h market,I use an adapter from Hama, a very solid piece of work too. Nathan Wajsman wrote: > Richard, > > I have the Cameraquest adapter on my 100mm Apo Macro, and it works great > and is a real quality product. I have also tried one of the cheaper > adapters made in Hong Kong, and while it worked well also, it was not > nearly as good as the Cameraquest one (in all fairness, it is half the > price). I have just ordered a second Cameraquest adapter for a newly > acquired 50mm Summilux R. > > Nathan > > Richard Clompus wrote: > >> I would like to use my various R lenses on a Canon digital Rebel XT >> body. I >> have found two adapters: A Novoflex from B&H and one from CameraQuest. >> Could someone recommend one from personal experience? >> >> Many thanks. >> >> Richard Clompus >> Roanoke. VA >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >