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PostPosted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 12:20 am    Post subject: Contarex mount? Reply with quote
Hi everybody!
I have been looking for years what the mount for the contarex camera is for use the two lenses with an adapter on a canon eos camera.

The contarex camera made by "ZEISS west germany" have a Planar 50mm 1:2 Carl Zeiss lens and a Sonnar 135mm 1:4.
The Sonnar is exactly like this one but in black:
http://www.mflenses.com/gallery/v/lensgallery/german/carl_zeiss/carl_zeiss_sonnar_135mm_f4_contarex.JPG.html
The camera is a contarex electronic:
http://www.mflenses.com/gallery/v/lensgallery/german/carl_zeiss/carl_zeiss_sonnar_135mm_f4_contarex.JPG.html
The mount on the lens is the contrary as the EOS mount, it goes inside the lens.

Any help would be greatly appreciated ...
As soon as I can I'll upload pictures of the camera, lenses and mounts ...
Thank you!

Pau


PostPosted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 9:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
The Contarex mount might be described as a inverse breech lock with outer couplings. It is generally considered extremely hard to adapt without losing functionality, but as far as I know some people have made Contarex to EOS adapters. I don't know whether these reach infinity, though...

Sevo


PostPosted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 10:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Did you see someone using it or someone in the forum got an adapter?
This give me hope!
Thanks


PostPosted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 12:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Haven't ever seen one in person, but adapters have sometimes shown up on ebay. That doesn't imply that they reach infinity - some other odd adapters I bought there did not. .


PostPosted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 12:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi, madrileño!!

Did you find so high difference between the contarex planar and another zeiss planars, like the C/Y or the pancolar? They will be more easy to use in DSRL. Of course if you like to use the contarex planar.....

Rino.


PostPosted: Fri Dec 25, 2009 12:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hi Sevo, hi Rino (hola argentino! Smile
the thing is I already own a contarex camera with those two lenses and though it was possible to use them on a digital camera, teorically it seems possible to use by it's focal plane distance, but maybe the adapter have to be bigger than possible to get infinite focus... What a pitty....
Anyway, thanks for the response, if you get into a adapter think of me! Smile
merry christmas !!!
Pau


PostPosted: Fri Dec 25, 2009 3:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
There is an adapter available for Leica M-mount, but that is not what
you want I guess.

For DSLR there is no easy way to adapt the Contarex mount lenses.


PostPosted: Fri Dec 25, 2009 3:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
koji wrote:
For DSLR there is no easy way to adapt the Contarex mount lenses.


Very true. I have tried once and I poorly failed...


PostPosted: Fri Dec 25, 2009 3:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I adapt Contarex lenses to Olympus 4/3 DSLR...however, EOS bodies do not have sufficient clearance for incorporating Iris control and the EOS bodies has to undergo irrevertable modification before Contarex lenses can be used.





Contarex lenses that I use with 4/3 thereon...



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PostPosted: Fri Dec 25, 2009 4:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
It's a pitty it is not possible to mount those nice lenses to a 5D ... it's such a beauty to see a digicam with an old nice piece of glass ...
Maybe an adapter without aperture selection would be possible maintaining infinite focus? Have anybody seen? Maybe a 2.0 or 3.5 fix aperture adapter ...


PostPosted: Fri Dec 25, 2009 9:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
amoebahydra wrote:


Contarex lenses that I use with 4/3 thereon...


What a collection!! I can see my two lenses there ...

You sure enjoy them!
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