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NonCanon lens to EOS adapters

Well, I am currently being tempted by the Leica 21-35 zoom on a Novoflex adapter, pending my trying to get Canon to do something about the horrible resolution of my EF 17-40/4 at the corners. It's in my B&H cart but I need to send the zoom to Canon first and see what they will do ...
 
Ended up finding a Contax MM 35-70/3.4 and an MM 25/2.8 at Central Camera. They should be here Tuesday according to UPS. Let's hope the adapters get here around the same time - no idea if they shipped yet.

I am wondering if it would be possible to replace the bayonet flange on an N lens with an EOS compatible one, in other words not an adapter but an outright replacement, since the problem is there's no space available for an add-on. Of course that would mean the lens could not be used on an N body, but I wouldn't mind at this point.

Anybody know a machine shop (that probably makes adapters) that would do such a job?

Dirk?
 
Hmm, I always think of those places as marketing places, most of the time the work is done by an actual shop, but maybe I could approach them ...
 
The author of the article I read at the link you originally posted prefers cameraquest. It stands to reason that the design engineering would be more valuable than a talented machinist considering the close tolerances of camera systems.
 
Indeed - the engineering blueprint would be the intellectual property that gives the product its unique value, not the execution of the machining, which could be outsourced to any number of shops. Such a quandary
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The adapter that you require should be relatively easy to acquire on Ebay for a very low price compared to what a machine shop would charge.
 
Trevor, if you read carefully (I probably wasn't too clear) what I'm proposing here is not a normal lens to camera adapter, which cannot be made for the Contax N lens and EOS mount, but a replacement bayonet which would require removing the current mount on the lens and replacing it with the new one.

Since you lose use as a Contax lens, at least until you replace them again, there's not a big market. Just daydreaming here until my CZ lenses and adapters arrive
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I saw something like this last year, a Pentax 645 body with a Hasselblad mount...it was going for $1250 a lot of $$ for a manual P645 body but it was worth it for the person who eventiually bought it.
 
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