Leica M to m4/3 Adapter for $15.99???

[Talex]

I just purchased an Oly EPL2, and I went on the bay to search for the M adapter. What I found was a huge range of adapters going from $15.99 for a China-made no name adapter to $279 for a Panasonic adapter. Wow. (How can Panny justify the 17x price difference?)

Here is the $15.99 version. It claims brass on both sides, infinity focus, 50 'Cron DR compatibility, and "diaphragm functions manually same as Panasonic's and Voigtlander's Adapter."

http://cgi.ebay.com/Leica-M-Lens-Mi...021?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c5adcc5cd

I'm tempted by the low price here. Has anyone tried this adapter? Does it live up to its claims? I would like to hear of your personal experience with the Chinese adapters.

Thanks!

 

[porktaco]

i got a bunch of such adapters.

 

[Talex]

How well did they work? Any issues? And what kind of m4/3 adapters did you have?

 

[porktaco]

i have a cameraquest one what was flawless and a chinese ebay one that was great except it didn't focus to infinity. the vendor said it was early in his production run (which it was) and gave me another at no charge, which performed just fine. if it goes to infinity and to min focusing distance, you're fine. it's a m4/3 so you see the actual image you're taking, so there's no focus shift issue. the cheap ones are probably just fine for most people.