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Archive 2021FUNLEADER Contax G35 F2 to Leica M Conversion review
p.2 #1FUNLEADER Contax G35 F2 to Leica M Conversion review
bjornthun wrote:
Excellent review! Many thanks!
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thanks so much, glad to hear it works well.
Excellent review! Many thanks!
This thread loads and works perfectly on my iPad (Air 3rd gen.).
thanks so much, glad to hear it works well.
Jun 27, 2021 at 11:47 AM
p.2 #2FUNLEADER Contax G35 F2 to Leica M Conversion review
Thank you for this incredibly detailed review. I've been eyeing this lens and this has been extremely helpful.
Looking forward to seeing the G45 review as well!
Looking forward to seeing the G45 review as well!
Jul 01, 2021 at 04:29 PM
p.2 #3FUNLEADER Contax G35 F2 to Leica M Conversion review
great to hear, thanks for the nice words. i will review the G45 as soon as it's out. this one will be a slightly bigger one: G45/2, VM APO 50/2, ZM C-Sonnar 50/1.5, TTartisan 50/0.95.
Jul 01, 2021 at 06:48 PM
p.2 #4FUNLEADER Contax G35 F2 to Leica M Conversion review
pptmstr wrote:
great to hear, thanks for the nice words. i will review the G45 as soon as it's out. this one will be a slightly bigger one: G45/2, VM APO 50/2, ZM C-Sonnar 50/1.5, TTartisan 50/0.95.
Do you have any idea when it might become available?
great to hear, thanks for the nice words. i will review the G45 as soon as it's out. this one will be a slightly bigger one: G45/2, VM APO 50/2, ZM C-Sonnar 50/1.5, TTartisan 50/0.95.
Do you have any idea when it might become available?
Jul 01, 2021 at 07:44 PM
p.2 #5FUNLEADER Contax G35 F2 to Leica M Conversion review
genji wrote:
pptmstr wrote
great to hear, thanks for the nice words. i will review the G45 as soon as it's out. this one will be a slightly bigger one: G45/2, VM APO 50/2, ZM C-Sonnar 50/1.5, TTartisan 50/0.95.Master genii! Rought idea is "very soon". I think they were aiming for May, so I'm thinking anytime now.
Jul 01, 2021 at 08:25 PM
p.2 #6FUNLEADER Contax G35 F2 to Leica M Conversion review
Oof this is very interesting. I love the Contax lenses although I think the price for these is a little high. What is the rmb price I wonder.
Jul 02, 2021 at 12:23 AM
p.2 #7FUNLEADER Contax G35 F2 to Leica M Conversion review
pptmstr wrote:
great to hear, thanks for the nice words. i will review the G45 as soon as it's out. this one will be a slightly bigger one: G45/2, VM APO 50/2, ZM C-Sonnar 50/1.5, TTartisan 50/0.95.
I’d love to see some preliminary conclusions and samples!
great to hear, thanks for the nice words. i will review the G45 as soon as it's out. this one will be a slightly bigger one: G45/2, VM APO 50/2, ZM C-Sonnar 50/1.5, TTartisan 50/0.95.
I’d love to see some preliminary conclusions and samples!
Jul 03, 2021 at 04:50 AM
p.2 #8FUNLEADER Contax G35 F2 to Leica M Conversion review
I’d love to see some preliminary conclusions and samples!
That's what I'll do at first! I will post on my silly blog and update here of course.
That's what I'll do at first! I will post on my silly blog and update here of course.
Jul 03, 2021 at 11:35 AM
p.2 #9FUNLEADER Contax G35 F2 to Leica M Conversion review
pptmstr wrote:
That's what I'll do at first! I will post on my silly blog and update here of course.
Feel free to link the blog.
Earlier quote
I’d love to see some preliminary conclusions and samples!Feel free to link the blog.
Jul 03, 2021 at 11:38 AM
p.2 #10FUNLEADER Contax G35 F2 to Leica M Conversion review
Feel free to link the blog.
Just the one from a few posts ago:
https://theowlhollow.wordpress.com/
Just the one from a few posts ago:
https://theowlhollow.wordpress.com/
Jul 03, 2021 at 12:48 PM
p.2 #11FUNLEADER Contax G35 F2 to Leica M Conversion review
Just ordered the 35mm helicoid in silver. Looking forward to the conversion & trying it out! Thanks!!
Jul 03, 2021 at 01:32 PM
p.2 #12FUNLEADER Contax G35 F2 to Leica M Conversion review
helimat wrote:
Just ordered the 35mm helicoid in silver. Looking forward to the conversion & trying it out! Thanks!!
Congrats, it's going to feel so satisfactory when you're done with the calibration, which is the harder part. Ideally you would do it with a digital M. It will come with 6 shims, 3 thicknesses. Keep the shims from your original G35 as they are even thinner than the thinnest funleader ones. I used a process where I wrote down combinations of thick and thin shims, if it focuses too close remove a thick one, add a thinner one, test repeat. Took me a couple hours but I got my gold/brass version spot on. The thicknesses are as follows, from thick to thin:
🔽 = 0.2
O = 0.1
dot = 0.05
original dot (on your original, you get 2, no idea what the thickness actually is but it's less than 0.05)
Here's the process that led me to spot on focus:
🔽 + O = too much
2 x O = too little
🔽 + dot = too little
🔽 + 2 x dot = too much
🔽 + 2 x original dot = too little
🔽 + 1 x dot + 1 x original dot = YES!
Hope this helps! Have fun with it.
Just ordered the 35mm helicoid in silver. Looking forward to the conversion & trying it out! Thanks!!
Congrats, it's going to feel so satisfactory when you're done with the calibration, which is the harder part. Ideally you would do it with a digital M. It will come with 6 shims, 3 thicknesses. Keep the shims from your original G35 as they are even thinner than the thinnest funleader ones. I used a process where I wrote down combinations of thick and thin shims, if it focuses too close remove a thick one, add a thinner one, test repeat. Took me a couple hours but I got my gold/brass version spot on. The thicknesses are as follows, from thick to thin:
🔽 = 0.2
O = 0.1
dot = 0.05
original dot (on your original, you get 2, no idea what the thickness actually is but it's less than 0.05)
Here's the process that led me to spot on focus:
🔽 + O = too much
2 x O = too little
🔽 + dot = too little
🔽 + 2 x dot = too much
🔽 + 2 x original dot = too little
🔽 + 1 x dot + 1 x original dot = YES!
Hope this helps! Have fun with it.
Jul 03, 2021 at 02:11 PM
p.2 #13FUNLEADER Contax G35 F2 to Leica M Conversion review
pptmstr wrote:
Congrats, it's going to feel so satisfactory when you're done with the calibration, which is the harder part. Ideally you would do it with a digital M. It will come with 6 shims, 3 thicknesses. Keep the shims from your original G35 as they are even thinner than the thinnest funleader ones. I used a process where I wrote down combinations of thick and thin shims, if it focuses too close remove a thick one, add a thinner one, test repeat. Took me a couple hours but I got my gold/brass version spot on. The thicknesses are as follows, from...Show more →
That's awesome, I'm sure it will help! Thanks again
helimat wrote
Just ordered the 35mm helicoid in silver. Looking forward to the conversion & trying it out! Thanks!!That's awesome, I'm sure it will help! Thanks again
Jul 03, 2021 at 02:17 PM
p.2 #14FUNLEADER Contax G35 F2 to Leica M Conversion review
Asked about the G45 conversion via Facebook yesterday and got a pretty fast reply that they will be coming out with converted lenses and helicoids in September
Aug 14, 2021 at 05:18 AM
p.2 #16FUNLEADER Contax G35 F2 to Leica M Conversion review
Conversion complete. Calibration took some time, but I think I have it pretty close.
Sep 06, 2021 at 06:03 PM
p.2 #17FUNLEADER Contax G35 F2 to Leica M Conversion review
Well done! Mine took about 3 hours in total, the shims swapping is time consuming.
Congrats, how are you enjoying the lens so far?
Congrats, how are you enjoying the lens so far?
Sep 06, 2021 at 09:53 PM
p.2 #18FUNLEADER Contax G35 F2 to Leica M Conversion review
pptmstr wrote:
thanks for your help, i ordered one.
FYI, if you want to use the g28 or g21 on your m10 or a kolari converted sony you want to use 5000m PCX on them. The 1500m PCX is for a stock sony sensor.
thanks for your help, i ordered one.
FYI, if you want to use the g28 or g21 on your m10 or a kolari converted sony you want to use 5000m PCX on them. The 1500m PCX is for a stock sony sensor.
Sep 07, 2021 at 10:47 AM
p.2 #19FUNLEADER Contax G35 F2 to Leica M Conversion review
That's great to know, thanks for sharing. How are you able to use the G28 and the G21 on an M 
Btw, I have successfully modded a PCX1500 onto my G28.
Edit: and the sides and corners are much, much better!
https://i.imgur.com/z8JigGY.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/ndsfpj2.jpg
Btw, I have successfully modded a PCX1500 onto my G28.
Edit: and the sides and corners are much, much better!
https://i.imgur.com/z8JigGY.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/ndsfpj2.jpg
Sep 07, 2021 at 03:18 PM
p.2 #20FUNLEADER Contax G35 F2 to Leica M Conversion review
pptmstr wrote:
That's great to know, thanks for sharing. How are you able to use the G28 and the G21 on an M
Btw, I have successfully modded a PCX1500 onto my G28.
Edit: and the sides and corners are much, much better!
https://i.imgur.com/z8JigGY.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/ndsfpj2.jpg
i did my own conversion to m-mount a while back. no rangefinder linkage, so LV or zone focus only. i shoot an kolari sony, but i calibrated some conversions to a rented m10 and shot with it for a bit:
http://live.staticflickr.com/1751/41737163424_c3f4baec64_o.jpg
here is a comparison of the g28 on the kolari vs stock with the different PCX filters.
here is the g21 on a stock A7RII with 1.5m PCX, and here is the g21 on a kolari with the 5m PCX.
That's great to know, thanks for sharing. How are you able to use the G28 and the G21 on an M
Btw, I have successfully modded a PCX1500 onto my G28.
Edit: and the sides and corners are much, much better!
https://i.imgur.com/z8JigGY.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/ndsfpj2.jpg
i did my own conversion to m-mount a while back. no rangefinder linkage, so LV or zone focus only. i shoot an kolari sony, but i calibrated some conversions to a rented m10 and shot with it for a bit:
http://live.staticflickr.com/1751/41737163424_c3f4baec64_o.jpg
here is a comparison of the g28 on the kolari vs stock with the different PCX filters.
here is the g21 on a stock A7RII with 1.5m PCX, and here is the g21 on a kolari with the 5m PCX.
Sep 07, 2021 at 04:04 PM