Goody
Established
I have a Canon 7. It seems like lots of great lenses are available at good prices in Nikon RF mount or Contax mount - does anyone have experience with the Amedeo adapters for Nikon or Contax to LTM?
wjlapier
Well-known
My understanding is Amedeo doesn't make the LTM versions anymore. Only to M mount ( and m4/3, Sony, and Fuji ).
raid
Dad Photographer
Amedeo's ebay website says this: Also have adapters for Contax or Nikon to Leica Screw Mount
Goody
Established
I sent him an email about availability-- I'll post the answer. But has anyone used one?
nhchen
Nathan
I've used the LTM version. The first one I got from him wasn't bringing up infinity focus exactly (it was only a slightly bit off, probably a few hundredths of a millimeter off on the focusing cam), so he sent me another one instead. They work well, I've used it with the 50mm f1.5 sonnar and also a jupiter 9 using the outer bayonet mount. The M mount version is probably less variable since it would presumably be abit thicker than the LTM version.
nathan
nathan
I've used the LTM-Contax. Quite well made, worked great. 
raid
Dad Photographer
I may have five Amedeo adapters, but they are in M mount.
rscheffler
Well-known
I have the LTM-Contax as well. It works. The helicoid on mind binds slightly at one point, but I live with it. I use it on digital M with a Zeiss-Opton 50/1.5 Sonnar. Due to the focus shift of the lens at various apertures, I find I either have to use live view or guesstimate the correct RF coincidence offset for whatever aperture I'm shooting at (at the wider end). Not sure if it's a factor of the lens or the adapter, but correct RF coincidence seems to happen at f/2.8, which I believe is normal.
I got it a few years ago and there was a reason I got the LTM version rather than the M-mount version, even though I will only ever use it on an M-mount body, but no longer remember what the reason was....
Biggest hassle is turning the focus in the wrong (Contax/Nikon) direction. Not sure if he's changed that for the newer adapters?
I got it a few years ago and there was a reason I got the LTM version rather than the M-mount version, even though I will only ever use it on an M-mount body, but no longer remember what the reason was....
Biggest hassle is turning the focus in the wrong (Contax/Nikon) direction. Not sure if he's changed that for the newer adapters?
One advantage of the LTM was using coded LTM adapters, otherwise with an M adapter there is only one possible code even if you use more than one focal length.
Goody
Established
He confirmed that he is "not making the LTM model at this time" - so their virtues are a moot point. Thanks all for the responses!
Vincent.G
Well-known
I got two of his Nikon to LTM adapters early this year. They are very well made. I use them together with the Leica LTM to M adaptors to shoot Nikon RF lens on a M body. It's a pity he has stopped making them but I am glad I got them before he stopped production.