Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 05:33 PM 7/12/02 -0400, you wrote: >You sly dog, tempting some of us with this relatively rare adapter that lets >us use the sometimes superior but always interesting Contax mount normals >and I bet that the wide angles will also work. Especially the 21 Biogon >should mount on a LTM camera with this piece. > Well, no. Contax lenses come in two varieties: the normal lenses (50mm to 53mm) use the inner bayonet, while all other lenses use the outer bayonet. The C&P adapter only works with the inner-bayonet normal lenses, so fitting that 4.5/21 Biogon won't work -- though I do happen to own such a Biogon which has been converted to Leica M. I believe the Orion adapter used the outer bayonet but not the inner one, but that it could not take wide-angle lenses. Marc msmall@infi.net FAX: +276/343-7315 Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html