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NEX-5 plus a lens $599.Just got a note that Cameraquest.com now have the Voigtlander M-to-NEX adapters in stock ($179 + $8 shipping). Far better than that $300 eBay rip-off.
There are various manufacturers making NEX-to-M adapters, ranging all the way from $25 Aluminum ones to the $179 Voigtlander one. One will realize the quality/precision difference, the minute one mounts the lens via the adapter, onto the body.An adapter for $180 to $300?!
Different strokes for different folks.There are various manufacturers making NEX-to-M adapters, ranging all the way from $25 Aluminum ones to the $179 Voigtlander one. One will realize the quality/precision difference, the minute one mounts the lens via the adapter, onto the body.
Even though I bought my Metabones adapter for a little over $80, I would have gladly paid the extra $100 for the Voigtlander adapter, if it was available when I was buying it. $300 is certainly a rip-off (since the Voigtlander adapter was in short supply then and the seller was making hay while the sun was still shining) and I would have had a hard time forking that out.
Used to (Pre-Asph 35/2). Not any longer (Sold !).I hope you have suitable Leica M mount lenses to use your adapter.
"Aluminum" is a generic term used to describe a wide swath of metal products.FWIW, the aluminum part is on the cheaper NEX side.
to be fair aluminum is actually an element (Al). for most machining purposes pure aluminum is not preferible. there are many different aluminum alloys each designed to have specific properties (resistance to corrosion, ease of machinability, rigidity, etc). the same is true of steel and brass except they don't share a name with their base elements. most of the cheap adapters i've bought are actually made of chromed brass, sometimes with the connection to the camera being made of aluminum. none of them has made me worry that it was not sturdy enough (though some have needed their screws tightened). note: i have actually taken a few of them apart and machined them further in order to make new mounts for lens mount conversions. in any event i would not worry about the durability of cheap mounts, i would worry about the machining precision. many of the cheap ones will not get the infinity stop correct and many will not have the dof scale exactly at 12:00. this won't effect image quality though. as long as all the screws are tight the lens is alignment to sensor should be perfect, which is whats really important. you have to really screw up on a lathe to have a lens come up misaligned."Aluminum" is a generic term used to describe a wide swath of metal products.
These are all Aluminum alloys, with the properties of the product being dictated by the composition of the alloy. The cheaper adapters are of course not too concerned about the metallurgical composition or longevity of what they sell, as long as they can make a quick buck before the demand runs out and thus the "aluminum" they use is a cheap "quick buck" version. Of course for experimentation, it probably might get the job done.