Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas. Let me know how the Exacta adapter works out. I was led to believe that infinity focus might not be possible. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 8/31/06, Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@gmx.de> wrote: > > Just got a parcel from Novoflex, > if anyone is thinking of buying Kindai EOS adapters, they are wonderful > quality, but quite expensive (145 euros) bits of precision engineering, > I just got the Exakta, the Rollei and their M42 that depresses the > aperture pin. > A note on the Exakta adapter, later Topcon lenses with Exakta mounts > won't adapt, one of the pins (aperture simulator?) stops the adapter > being connected correctly, but , as I have no intention of using the > lenses on a Topcon body I just snipped off the pin, and now it works > perfectly. > I hope to be trying out new/old glass on the 20D tomorrow, a couple of > tests so far show that the Topcon 1,8/58 may just be a superb lens. Now > looking forward to picking up some s/h Rollei mount lenses - pretty > inexpensive on the s/h market here in Germany, even the Zeiss models are > considerably lower priced than the same lenses in CY mount. > Cheers > Douglas > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >