Bought a Contax/Yashica-adapter for EOS

[Prometheus]

I just bought a Contax/Yashica to EOS-adapater from Macau. The guy sent it directly and just a few hours after I payed I get a scanned receipt in the mail. Now left to see if the adapter is good

This is my first buy on international ebay, yeay!
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Mattias Wirf

RetroCamera | YashicaForum.com
Mattias@Flickr | My swedish website

My lenses (A list at Retrocamera.net)

[Jesito]

Congrats!

It's with or without focus confirmation?.

Jes.
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Jesito's backsack:
Zooms Sigma 18-200, Tamron 35-135 and 70-210 short, 70-210 long, 28-70 CF Macro (Adaptall)
Fixed CZJ Planar 50mm 1.7, Helios 44-2, Cosinon 28mm, CZJ Sonnar 135, Industar-61, Jupiter-9, Industar-50, CZJ Pancolar 50/1.8, Tamron 24mm, Tamron 135mm, Sands Hunter 135mm, Weltblick 135mm
DSLR Canon 350D, Pentax K10D
TLR/6x6/645 YashicaMat, Mamiya 645E, Petri 6x45, Nettar
SLR Minolta X300, Fuji STX II, Praktica VLC3, Pentax P30t, Pentax SF7, EXA500, EXA 1A, Spotmatic(2), Chinon CM-4S,
Rangefinders Chinon 35EE, Konica C35 auto, Olympus 35RC, Canonet 28, Yashica Lynx, FED-2, Yashica electro 35, Argus C3, Regula Cita III, Voigtlander Vitoret LR, Welta Welti-I, Argus C4, Kodak Signette 25, Zorki-4, Bessa-R
Compact Film Konica C35V, Voigtlander Vitorets, Minox 35 ML, Canon Prima Super 105
Compact Digital Caplio GX100, Aiptek Slim 3000, Canon Powershot 520


Life is that boring wasted time in between two pictures

[Prometheus]

[Flor27]

Hi,

Be carefull with Contax lenses on EOS cameras, especialy with (but even if not) fullframe ones : sometime the rear element of the lens touch the mirror, but more often is a metal or plastic part or the rear, sometime at infinity or little less, some other always.

And more anoying with some lenses, the automatic diaphragm lever grind the inner plastic part of EOS on top of the electric EF contacts. That part is often unique among different EOS models so it's a miss or hit and can occurs also with APS-C digital ones.

Lenses I've tested (all are AE versions):

- Distagon 2,8/25 : no problem so far with EOS 5D camera.
- Distagon 1,4/35 : rear optical element touch the 5D mirror ar infinity
- Planar 1,7/50 : plastic part on top of the rear touch the 5D mirror at all distance settings. It often can't go back (but the photo is taken) so wiefinder is dark . May have the grinding diaph lever problem but not that much.
- Tessar 2,8/45 : metal ring that hold the rear optical element touch the 5D mirror
- Tele-Tessar 3,5/200 : as the grinding diaph lever problem as far as I remember.

Other C/Y mount lenses :
- Yashica ML 50/1,7 : no problem so far
- Tokina RMC 24/2.8 : no problem so far

- Tamron Adaptall-2 C/Y Adaptor : has the grinding diaph lever problem because it's tooooo way long side by side Contax lens one's !
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Switching from M42 to Minolta MD & Contax/Yashica

[Prometheus]

Thanks for the warning. I have a 350D and will mainly use Yashica-lenses with that mount. Hope it works. I have now the ML 35mm/2.8 and ML 50mm/2.
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Mattias Wirf

RetroCamera | YashicaForum.com
Mattias@Flickr | My swedish website

My lenses (A list at Retrocamera.net)

[Flor27]

So no need to worry that much

If you are in search of the 50/1.7 ML, I have two for sell: one that has never been used, perfect mechanicaly & opticaly, boxed, with both caps, and another, near mint condition, without mechanical nor optical problem and both caps also.

Just ask me the price you want to put on it if interested - for shipping cost, I'm in France.
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Switching from M42 to Minolta MD & Contax/Yashica