Maybe old hat to you G fans but...

[tom_f77]

I was just poking around on the ffordes website and they have a CV 15mm lens adapted for your contax; pretty cool, I thought...

Tom

 

[Socke]

A store here in Bremen had one on eBay a couple of month ago, since they are on my way to work I've had a look at it. The conversion looks realy well done, since the Gs rangefinder works without a lens one can measure the distance and transfer it manualy to the lens, nice feature IMHO.
If I'd had 650 Euros to spend for a spedicality lens I might have been tempted 🙂

 

[rxmd]

Zörk in Germany does Contax G conversions of the 12 and 15mm Heliars, preserving TTL metering (see their online catalog [PDF], page 5). They're quite expensive, though.

Philipp

 

[NoTx]

Zörk in Germany does Contax G conversions of the 12 and 15mm Heliars, preserving TTL metering (see their online catalog [PDF], page 5). They're quite expensive, though.

Philipp

Um... I would say hideously expensive. I really don't see a conversion costing what a hologon costs these days as realistic.

 

[tom_f77]

Yeah, this is one of those. £399 - didn't seem *that* bad; the LTM version is about £300 round here!

 

[NoTx]

Yeah, this is one of those. £399 - didn't seem *that* bad; the LTM version is about £300 round here!

Um, £399 for the conversion or the lens? If for the conversion... cheaper than I remember from Zoerk... if total: a steal!

 

[Andrew Sowerby]

Unless it's 400 for a converted lens (which sounds unlikely) this falls into the "why bother" category.

 

[tom_f77]

Guys, I'm trying to help you out here. Can't believe it's still there!

It's a Zoerk converted lens, looks near mint, includes double shoe adaptor fitted with finder and bubble level. And it's £399.

Tom

 

[Andrew Sowerby]

I see . . . my apologies.

 

[NoTx]

Guys, I'm trying to help you out here. Can't believe it's still there!

It's a Zoerk converted lens, looks near mint, includes double shoe adaptor fitted with finder and bubble level. And it's £399.

Tom

And of course this comes when I am short on cash🙁

 

[plummerl]

I emailed ffordes this morning about the lens (in particular the issue of VAT). Here is their response:

Thank you for your email regarding the Voigtlander lens we have which is
adapted for the Contax G series bodies, this is being sold on commission
for a customer so there is no VAT to deduct from the price, I do however
think that he would accept an offer of £350 for the lens though.

The cost of sending the lens to you by Royal Mail would be £20 and would
take a week to ten days to arrive with you.

I hope we can interest you int he lens at this price and if you have any
further queries or would like to order it then please contact me again.

Kind regards,

***** *****
Ffordes Photographic Ltd

I have the 15mm in LTM, and a G2 (as well as a Bessa R and Leica M6), so luckily, I will not have to immediately send ffordes some cash. This combination is currently over $1200 in the states. Someone else should grab it!

 

[tom_f77]

I see . . . my apologies.

I was thinking 🙂 - should have said!

Tom