[Leica] M mount on micro 4/3: Price vs quality

[colin at colinbaker.org (Colin Baker)]

On Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:02:14 -0600, Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com> 
wrote:

> Is there anything to account for the price gap of these adapters, from
> around $30 to $200, other than, marketing? I want to try some of my M
> lenses on a Panasonic GH3.
>

I initially bought a cheap $30 M -> NEX adapter.  I've found a couple  
lenses don't quite focus to infinity with it, and heavier lenses feel a  
bit wobbly.  I replaced it with a Hawks Factory adapter, and it has been  
*much* better.  No wobble (even on my big 90mm Summicron), all lenses  
focus to infinity, and this particular adapter even has a helicoid for  
close focus.  They go for $150-200 on their ebay store, I feel it was well  
worth it.

More than likely, the cheap adapter will be fine for most purposes.  But  
the better adapters definitely have advantages.