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p.1 #1 · Anybody knows where to buy the Contax NAM-1 adapter?

It is the adapter to fit Contax 645 lens onto the N body. Discontinued and nowehre to be found.

Your advice/suggestions are highly apprecitated.

Nov 22, 2009 at 08:00 AM

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p.1 #2 · Anybody knows where to buy the Contax NAM-1 adapter?

I am looking for a MAM-1 (Hasselblad to Contax 645), a similar adapter, and it is also impossible to find. I was contacted on another forum (by a guy from Korea who has never posted...) to buy one, and his price was (I think) 250 or 300 Euro! I saw one on the Japanese website of some photostore, and they wanted 280 Euro. These things are really pricy, in addition to being impossible to find. I will wait, I think.

Which lens do you want to adapt? I would have thought that the actual N lenses would be cheaper and smaller.

Nov 22, 2009 at 10:22 AM

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p.1 #3 · Anybody knows where to buy the Contax NAM-1 adapter?

Hmmm. I sold the one I had (the original Contax MAM-1 item) last year for $400. :-)

Aftermarket versions, however, are available for less than $100 (IIRC). Check ebaY (as usual).

Nov 22, 2009 at 01:41 PM

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p.1 #4 · Anybody knows where to buy the Contax NAM-1 adapter?

I have an aftermarket MAM-1 and it doesn't reach infinity. If I cannot find the real MAM-1 for less than €200, I will buy the Novoflex.

The NAM-1 that the OP is looking for might be even more expensive, given that I presume the electronic connection stays intact. The MAM-1 is just a dumb piece of metal.

Nov 22, 2009 at 05:42 PM

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p.1 #5 · Anybody knows where to buy the Contax NAM-1 adapter?

Thank you for your information.

carstenw: I am thinking about the 35/3.5, 80/2 and 120 macro/140. No, not all of them, unless I win the lottery. Just to get a taste of the medium format lens.

Lotusm50: what is the after market adapter? The copycat version of NAM-1? Are they exactly the same, just not made by Contax?

[sorry, after the initial excitement, I have read your post more carefully. No I am not looking for MAM, but NAM. Want to use the 645AF lens: I am terrible in terms of manual focusing.]

Nov 22, 2009 at 09:39 PM

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p.1 #6 · Anybody knows where to buy the Contax NAM-1 adapter?

Funny, those are the three exact lenses I own for my Contax 645

All 3 are great lenses, the 35 and 120 are spectacular, but the 35 is huge and heavy, and in the end, you will have... a 35mm lens. I think you are much better off getting a Contax 35mm f/2.8 Distagon or something, if they can be adapted to the N. The 120 makes a little more sense, perhaps, but it still is a large, heavy, expensive way to go. The 35/3.5 is the MF version of the Contax 21/2.8 Distagon, I believe, and on MF it is perhaps the best 35mm on the market. Both the Hasselblad and Mamiya versions are a little on the soft side. On 35mm, it is barely wide-angle, and very slow for its size and price.

Nov 22, 2009 at 10:31 PM

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p.1 #7 · Anybody knows where to buy the Contax NAM-1 adapter?

so, which lottery did you buy?

I have a converted N 24-85 and a N 50/1.4. For the wide angle, C/Y 28/2.8 is the widest I have. That is why the MF 35 (21 for 35mm) sounds good to me. Also, I assume all the "better IQ" is because we are now talking about the central part of the image circle from the MF lens, the next reasonable assumption will be: minimal dark corner and disortation. Sounds perfect to me.

Though at the current price, it is still a dream to me. Doesn't hurt to get the NAM-1 first.

Nov 22, 2009 at 11:58 PM

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p.1 #8 · Anybody knows where to buy the Contax NAM-1 adapter?

Keep in mind that a 35mm lens is always a 35mm lens, no matter which camera you put it on. The difference between a Contax N 35mm lens and a Contax 645 35mm lens is coverage, i.e. The diameter of the projected image, not focal length. This lens only acts like a 21mm lens on medium format.

Nov 23, 2009 at 08:22 AM

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p.1 #9 · Anybody knows where to buy the Contax NAM-1 adapter?

Right. The sensor coverage thing.

Though I still could not find a NAM-1.

Nov 23, 2009 at 08:05 PM

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p.1 #10 · Anybody knows where to buy the Contax NAM-1 adapter?

A MAM-1 just went for $370 on ebay.com. This adapter has no electronics. I guess the NAM-1 will be out of reach.

Nov 23, 2009 at 09:41 PM

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p.1 #11 · Anybody knows where to buy the Contax NAM-1 adapter?

There are a number of nam-1 adapters going from german Ebayers at the moment at around 300 Euro

Nov 23, 2009 at 09:45 PM

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p.1 #12 · Anybody knows where to buy the Contax NAM-1 adapter?

mphaha wrote:
There are a number of nam-1 adapters going from german Ebayers at the moment at around 300 Euro

could please post a link? or just the eBay# is fine (if the forum does not allow to post direct links). I could find none using "NAM-1" as keyword. Thanks.

Nov 23, 2009 at 09:51 PM

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p.1 #13 · Anybody knows where to buy the Contax NAM-1 adapter?

carstenw wrote:
A MAM-1 just went for $370 on ebay.com. This adapter has no electronics. I guess the NAM-1 will be out of reach.

My thoughts are: well, the NAM-1 is designed for using 645AF lens on N cameras. Given currently there are not many N users any more, the NAM-1s must be sitting on the shelves somewhere. I just don't know where are those shelves.

Nov 23, 2009 at 09:53 PM

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p.1 #14 · Anybody knows where to buy the Contax NAM-1 adapter?

I am not sure why a search for NAM-1 didn't work for you:

http://cgi.ebay.de/Contax-Mount-Adapter-NAM-1-2925_W0QQitemZ350238879194QQcmdZViewItemQQptZDE_Elektronik_Computer_Foto_Camcorder_Foto_Camcorderzubehör_PM?hash=item518bdd2dda

http://cgi.ebay.de/CONTAX-645AF-NAM-1-Mount-Adapter-CONTAX-N1-N-DIGITAL_W0QQitemZ250320799821QQcmdZViewItemQQptZDE_Elektronik_Computer_Foto_Camcorder_AnalogeKameras_PM?hash=item3a4848484d

http://cgi.ebay.de/CONTAX-ZEISS-N-NAM-1-Mount-Adapter-f-CONTAX-645AF-N1_W0QQitemZ250320798805QQcmdZViewItemQQptZDE_Elektronik_Computer_Foto_Camcorder_AnalogeKameras_PM?hash=item3a48484455

Nov 23, 2009 at 09:55 PM

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p.1 #15 · Anybody knows where to buy the Contax NAM-1 adapter?

I don't know what the equivalent 35mm and 120mm macro lenses for the N go for, but both of these regularly pull in at least €1000 for the 645 versions.

Nov 23, 2009 at 09:56 PM

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p.1 #16 · Anybody knows where to buy the Contax NAM-1 adapter?

Thanks carstenw. I could not find why my ebay (ebay.ca) excluded the German site. There must be a setting somewhere to change this.

wow, 299 euros almost 450 usd. That is very expensive.

( I saw a 120 macro in EX+ condition for ~1200 USD).

Photography is one expensive hobby. Luckily my fall back hobby is homebrew beer, which is relatively cheaper and equally satisfying.

Nov 23, 2009 at 10:15 PM

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p.1 #17 · Anybody knows where to buy the Contax NAM-1 adapter?

I sold my Contax NAM-1 for around $165 a few months back... they can be had for around the same price or less

Nov 23, 2009 at 11:31 PM

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p.1 #18 · Anybody knows where to buy the Contax NAM-1 adapter?

pascal03 wrote:
I sold my Contax NAM-1 for around $165 a few months back... they can be had for around the same price or less

do you happen to have a 2nd one?

Should have asked a few month earlier.

Nov 23, 2009 at 11:40 PM

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