Zeiss Contarex 21mm Biogon converted to M-mount?

Amedeo has changed several different SLR mounts to M mount. If he cannot do it, few others can ... if at all.
 
johnastovall said:
Has any one ever seen a Zeiss Contarex 21mm f/4.5 converted to an M-mount?

Has anyone ever had such a conversion done or who might do it?

I have a perfect condition one as part of my old Contarex systems and would like to use it. I know it wouldn't be coupled but it had to be used with MLU on the 'Rex and took amazing sharp pictures.
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There is a Contarex to Leica M adaptor listed here http://cgi.ebay.it/Leica-M-Voigtlan...hZ025QQcategoryZ30040QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem ... the seller lists just about every possible adaptor for other lenses and cameras too ... I'm not sure if the Contarex to M adaptor requires disassembly of the Contarex mount before attachment or if it bayonets onto the existing Contarex mount.

Cheers

dunk
 
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In the meanwhile I have my adapters. I have attached one to my Biogon and a spare one. Both are for sale here in the classifieds. (And they look much better than the italian one).
 
I also had one of those. It was absolutely in pristine condition, but I sold it as I didn't have the matching body...
I didn't find the Cyclops attractive enough to wish to get one, and as I already had a Super-Angulon, I thought that I should better trade it.
I am not yet sure if I took the right decision...

BTW: the first Super-Angulon-R (f3.4) for the original Leicaflex was also not of the retrofocus type. You also needed to lock up the mirror to be able to use it, and needed the 21mm finder to compose the image.
Only with the introduction of the f 4 model for the Leicaflex SL, introduced in 1969, you could use the reflex viewing system.

Cheers,

Rui
 
Reviving this old thread with a question to those who might have used the CRX to M adapter:

To use one whithout live-view, I would need to know that the adapter is precisely machined. In the ebay adds it is stated that the adapter "allows infinity focusing". Could that mean that it goes beyond infinity to allow this despite sloppy machining?
 
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