Focusing for infinity for a LTM to M Mount adapter

[aaron.tam]

Hello,

I just bought a LTM to M adapter from Fotodiox and I noticed that it said it gave limited infinity focus (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350245941913).

I never knew infinity focus would be an issue with these adapters, does it really matter and would I still be able to focus to infinity say with a Canon 35/2 LTM and an M2?

Thanks

 

[sparrow6224]

I think they cut and paste copy from one adapter ad into another; and the grasp of English isn't so great. I've used these for a long time with no problems. Indeed they are loyal copies of the ones Leitz made and i don't believe they affect the distance to the film plane at all.

 

[sparrow6224]

I meant to mention, to support my theory that half that ad had nothing to do with the LTM/M adapters, did you notice that whole bit about stop down metering? It's completely irrelevant for this adapter.

 

[aaron.tam]

Thanks for the response. Yeah that's what I thought, but then I found one that Fotodiox was selling for 41 dollars and they claimed that one was able to focus for infinity. Something fishy is going on.

 

[Roger Hicks]

At photokina you commonly find the same (Chinese) companies selling apparently identical adapters, with one company charging twice as much as another.

1 The people who sell them are not always the same people who make them

2 Apparently identical and identical are not the same thing

3 Often, you get what you pay for, but sometimes you get expensive rubbish and other times you get honest bargains

4 There's the Internet for you, along with buying on price

Cheers,

R.