 Holly Thompson |
lens converter for the Canon D300 to Contax Lens I have a friend that is looking to get into the digital world of cameras and he's tested my Canon D300 and really likes it. His delima is that he has a whole array of SLR lenses that are for a Contax 139 Quartz AE/ME camera that is roughly 20yrs old. And he asked me, being the resourceful one to see if I could find a product that will let him use these lenes that are in mint conditon on a Canon. If you have any information on who might have this attachmetn, if there is one, I would be very greatful.
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doug Nelson |
Look under something like "Lenses", Accessories, Adapters" on eBay and look for adapters sold by Tony Chu of Keng Chu Jade World in Macau. However, see http://photonotes.org/articles/eos-manual-lenses/#problems for incompatibility issues with certain models of EOS cameras. Your friend should choose his EOS model accordingly. EOS 1's are cheap on eBay these days. I use Leica lenses on a Canon manual focus camera, using an adapter. All the adapter can do for you is to bring the lens to the proper film registration distance. There is otherwise no linkage between lans and camera. Having said that, it works, if you set the aperture at the setting you need, and let the camera tell you what the proper shutter speed should be, or set it for you using aperture-priority auto exposure. Some EOS's can do this. It works very well for me using a 28mm wide angle, as I don't focus, I just set the hyperfocal distance for the f-stop I'm using.
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Jon Close |
Yes, there are some Contax lens to EOS camera adapters, but they are not cheap. CameraQuest's is $175. This one from Bob Shell is $150. Zoerk or Zörk also makes an adapter. Using an EOS camera with the adapter and Contax lens, the exposure can only be set in M or Av modes using stop-down method. On the camera leave the aperture value at "00" and stop down the aperture with the control ring on the lens. More information about using non-EF lenses on EOS cameras can be found at http://photonotes.org/articles/eos-manual-lenses/.
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Holly Thompson |
Thank you for your input. I will let my friend know what you have given me. I really appreciate it.
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