On 25 Mar 2005 at 9:23, Cotty wrote: > On 25/3/05, Willem-Jan Markerink, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >Not 100% sure there never was such an adapter before (without image- > >degrading (slight-teleconverting) optics, of course), since I also > >recall that some US-manufacturer made an Olympus->EOS adapter....but > >today I received a mailing from Germany's largest Contax shop, > >announcing a Contax->EOS adapter, to mount Contax-AE and -MM > >lenses....169 euro (about US$200). > > > >Not cheap, but neither are the long-existing Nikon->EOS and > >Leica->EOS adapters from Novoflex & Z�rkend�rfer. > > > >(might just as well be that one of those actually manufacturers this > >Contax adapter, who knows) > > > >http://www.foto-huppert.de > > Hi Willem, > > You may find this page interesting: > > <http://www.outbackphoto.com/the_bag/paul_lens_adapters/essay.html>
Thanx, looks like at least one, perhaps two(?) manufacturers took up the Contax/Yashica glove already....:)) Now I still wonder about that Olympus->EOS adapter....:)) (could it be Kirk Enterprises or something?) (currently nothing listed like that at http://www.kirkphoto.com/ ) Any other likely US-candidate, at least back then, some 5-10 years ago? -- Bye, Willem-Jan Markerink The desire to understand is sometimes far less intelligent than the inability to understand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [note: 'a-one' & 'en-el'!] * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
