xtian
Member
quick question, was wondering if putting a contax G lens (like the planar 35/2) on an EOS (APS-C sensor) is possible... are there adaptors for it?
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Contax G lens to EOS adapter?
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Socke
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No, although the EOS has one of the shortest film to mount distances for a SLR, it's still too long for RF lenses to work.
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rich815
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I have an adapter that allows me to use my Contax SLR lens on my Contax G2 but never heard of backwards from there. Besides how would you focus? The G lenses have no focus ring....
Monte920
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http://www.bootek.com/cgi-bin/ut/topic_show.cgi?id=2160&pg=1&bpg=1
Take a look of this! A genius Chinese living in Toronto has done it! 😱
Even if you don't read Chinese, you still get all the pictures! Remember to finish it all (3 pages). There are pictures teaching you how to DIY. Cheers! 🙂
Take a look of this! A genius Chinese living in Toronto has done it! 😱
Even if you don't read Chinese, you still get all the pictures! Remember to finish it all (3 pages). There are pictures teaching you how to DIY. Cheers! 🙂
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rich815
Guest
Monte920 said:
Yikes! Sure looks like he did! More of a complete modification than an adapter, I say!
steamer
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Some kind of evil genius, gorgeous looking photos though.
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Scarpia
Guest
Based on the pictures he is displaying I doubt if the lens will focus to infinity. I have this lens and am happy to use it on my G-1.
Kurt M.
Kurt M.
Monte920
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Scarpia said:
He said he could. Picture 11 was the closest focus, picture 12 was at infinity.
szekiat
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oh man, i can just see the price of the g90 creeping up now. That said, i think i'm gonna buy a couple to mod.
joachim
Convicted Ektachome user
Hi,
I saw this before. It is a severe job. You have to disassemble it, machine bits and pieces, intoduce a manual focus helix etc.
Just from the optical cell, the Sonnar 90/2.8 is the only lens with can be adopted to an SLR. For the other lenses, the back focal distance of the other lenses is to short for this (the rear element will not clear the swing mirror 😱). Actually I understand that the Sonnar 85/2.8 for the Contax SLR series (CYMM) is essentially the same lens, just tweaked to give a shorter focal length. If you want a short Sonnar to play with your SLR, it will be easier and cheaper to get a new-old or used sample of the Sonnar and use a CYMM-to-EOS adapter 😎.
I saw this before. It is a severe job. You have to disassemble it, machine bits and pieces, intoduce a manual focus helix etc.
Just from the optical cell, the Sonnar 90/2.8 is the only lens with can be adopted to an SLR. For the other lenses, the back focal distance of the other lenses is to short for this (the rear element will not clear the swing mirror 😱). Actually I understand that the Sonnar 85/2.8 for the Contax SLR series (CYMM) is essentially the same lens, just tweaked to give a shorter focal length. If you want a short Sonnar to play with your SLR, it will be easier and cheaper to get a new-old or used sample of the Sonnar and use a CYMM-to-EOS adapter 😎.
