PSA - Stay Away from K&F's Exakta to Leica M adapter

shorelineae

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Hello.

This is to report that I purchased an adapter from K&F to adapt Exakta lenses onto a digital Leica.

I tried five different lenses on it:

  • Carl Zeiss Flektogon 20mm f4 (Exakta Ihagee mount)
  • Enna Wek Munchen Lithagon 35mm f4.5
  • Carl Zeiss Pancolar 50mm f2
  • Angenieux 135mm f3.5 Type Y2
  • Schneider-Kreuznach Xenon 50mm f1.9

and none of them fit the adapter. All these lenses fit on an Ihagee Exakta vx iia camera. And all of the above lenses are in K&F's Lens Compatibility list for this adapter.

I reached out to K&F support and their response has been very slow and disappointing. They started by asking counter-questions and then stopped replying to the thread.

They also don't seem to know the differences between the various Exakta mounts (Topcon vs Exa vs Ihagee Exakta).

It's sad as I have other adapters from this brand before and only had good experiences with them.
 
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