Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/09/10

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Subject: Contax-G>Leica-M Adapter---NOT!
From: pcb@iac.co.jp (Paul C. Brodek)
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 00:07:19 +0900

I called Matsubara Koki today and was told that the Contax-G to
Leica-M mount adapter was a "misprint."  They will convert an existing
Contax-G 16/21/28mm lens to Leica-M mount for 55,000 yen.  They offer
no adapter.  The "misprint" was that the ad had a heading saying
"Mount Adapters" with the 3 Contax-G items listed first, despite the
fact that they are not adapters.

I looked more closely at the Chikuma Shokai ad featuring a Hologon>M
conversion (298,000 yen including lens) and a 28mm Biogon>L conversion
(98,000 including lens).  The converted Hologon allegedly will meter
on an M6 (interesting in that the through-lens meter on the Contax
doesn't work with the Hologon---there's an external meter cell for
that); the 28mm Biogon will rangefinder-focus, and supposedly meters
both with an M6 and an M5.

Sure wish there was an adapter.  The surgical route seems like a lot
of expense and bother, at least for the configurations that already
have M-mount equivalents. =20

PB =20


Paul C. Brodek
Kobe, Japan
pcb@iac.co.jp