biggles3
Joined: 09 Nov 2009
Posts: 61
Location: Crickhowell, Wales
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 Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2023 10:13 am Post subject: Contax 645 lenses using AF on Fuji GFX 50S |
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biggles3 wrote:
Having a number of Contax 645s and a set of their beautiful Zeiss lenses, I was hoping to use them on a digital camera instead of having to digitise the 645 with a Hasselblad Ixpress back plus its tethered hard drive.
I bought a Fuji GFX50S not long after it first appeared and fell instantly in love with it. It's a superb camera, the only thing missing being IS - this was rectified in the later model. It was an obvious vehicle to carry the big Zeiss glassware as it should be a match for its 50Mp medium format sensor. While using them in manual focus would be easy enough, would it be possible to find a way to use the lenses in AF mode? Then along came Fringer with a Contax 645/Fuji GFX AF Adapter...
The photo shows the camera attached to the amazing Carl Zeiss 35mm f3.5 T* Distagon via Fringer's adapter. The adapter can sometimes slow the speed of AF acquisition but for landscape and architectural work - my main use for this lens - speed is of no consequence. After updating the adapter's firmware, I was also able to use the 45-90mm f4.5 T* Vario-Sonnar which has been a real joy.
The Fringer AF adapter is an expensive piece of kit - but it does exactly what it claims to do: operate Zeiss' Contax 645 lenses on any Fuji GFX camera. For anyone who has previously invested in the Contax 645 system, this keeps the lenses highly relevant to today's photography. I wish I could afford the GFX 100S, not because I need a 100Mp sensor but just to see how well the old Zeiss glass performs edge-to-edge with such a large sensor...
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visualopsins
Joined: 05 Mar 2009
Posts: 11067
Location: California
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visualopsins wrote:
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Cameras: Sony ILCE-7RM2, Spotmatics II, F, and ESII, Nikon P4
Lenses:
M42 Asahi Optical Co., Takumar 1:4 f=35mm, 1:2 f=58mm (Sonnar), 1:2.4 f=58mm (Heliar), 1:2.2 f=55mm (Gaussian), 1:2.8 f=105mm (Model I), 1:2.8/105 (Model II), 1:5.6/200, Tele-Takumar 1:5.6/200, 1:6.3/300, Macro-Takumar 1:4/50, Auto-Takumar 1:2.3 f=35, 1:1.8 f=55mm, 1:2.2 f=55mm, Super-TAKUMAR 1:3.5/28 (fat), 1:2/35 (Fat), 1:1.4/50 (8-element), Super-Multi-Coated Fisheye-TAKUMAR 1:4/17, Super-Multi-Coated TAKUMAR 1:4.5/20, 1:3.5/24, 1:3.5/28, 1:2/35, 1:3.5/35, 1:1.8/85, 1:1.9/85 1:2.8/105, 1:3.5/135, 1:2.5/135 (II), 1:4/150, 1:4/200, 1:4/300, 1:4.5/500, Super-Multi-Coated Macro-TAKUMAR 1:4/50, 1:4/100, Super-Multi-Coated Bellows-TAKUMAR 1:4/100, SMC TAKUMAR 1:1.4/50, 1:1.8/55
M42 Carl Zeiss Jena Flektogon 2.4/35
Contax Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 28-70mm F3.5-4.5
Pentax K-mount SMC PENTAX-A ZOOM 1:3.5 35~105mm, SMC PENTAX ZOOM 1:4 45~125mm
Nikon Micro-NIKKOR-P-C Auto 1:3.5 f=55mm, NIKKOR-P Auto 105mm f/2.5 Pre-AI (Sonnar), Micro-NIKKOR 105mm 1:4 AI, NIKKOR AI-S 35-135mm f/3,5-4,5
Tamron SP 17mm f/3.5 (51B), Tamron SP 17mm f/3.5 (151B), SP 500mm f/8 (55BB), SP 70-210mm f/3.5 (19AH)
Vivitar 100mm 1:2.8 MC 1:1 Macro Telephoto (Kiron)
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