conurus

zezidud · Joined: 08 Oct 2012 Posts: 1 Location: Brooklyn, NY

I stumbled across an online forum conversation about the likelihood of an adapter being made for Contax 645 lenses to mount on the Leica medium-format S cameras. Here's the link:

http://www.reddotforum.com/showthread.php/427-Contax-645-lenses-with-Leica-S2

Leica has lowered the entry cost for these new S versions, probably because the hi-rez Nikons and such are cutting deeply into their corner of the market. I'd think anyone with a Leica S would love to see these lenses become available for use on S cameras, tho I know how busy you are and how rigorously you must stick to one project at a time. I'm just making the link available to people here to see what happens, if anything.

Who, me? I'm saving my pennies for the NAM-1 conversion.

conurus · Posted: Fri May 10, 2013 11:38 am Post subject:

We think the idea is great. However we are not able to confirm or deny anything about our future roadmap.

conurus · Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2013 5:54 am Post subject:

It's here!!! By Leica themselves.
http://www.s.leica-camera.com/en/News/NEW-LEICA-S-ADAPTER-C-ENABLES-THE-USE-OF-CONTAX-645-LENSES

peterv · Joined: 17 Jun 2013 Posts: 5

Yes! And I've ordered one, which makes me very interested in adapting the Contax 645 lenses on other camera systems too.

I understand there's the converted NAM-1 / Canon to NEX option, anything else?

Thanks!

Edit: And how about a Leica S to future FF NEX adapter?

conurus · Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 11:05 pm Post subject:

Electronic adapters with autofocus for Contax 645 lenses are either to Leica S mount by Leica themselves, or to Canon EF mount by us. We are not aware of any other fully electronic Contax 645 adapters.

As for your other question regarding Leica S to NEX adapter, we think the idea is great. However we are not able to confirm or deny anything about our future roadmap.

peterv · Joined: 17 Jun 2013 Posts: 5

Thanks, I'll keep an eye on this forum for any future new products.

peterv · Joined: 17 Jun 2013 Posts: 5

Hi, it's been 1,5 year since I posted here and I thought I might let everyone know I'm still interested in an Leica S to Sony NEX/FE mount adapter. Even more so, with the new generation ~50MP sensors coming in early 2015.

Occasionally the question comes up in other fora and I thought posting a link to one such thread could be of interest to future readers in search for such an adapter:

http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1257510/0

Anyway, thanks for reading and I hope one day a Leica S to Sony E-mount adapter will materialize.