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JMF, what are your thoughts about the HAWK'S Helicoid adapter after using it for a while?

 

I still can't decide to order one...

 

 

And: I just stumbled upon the Kipon Adapter with Helicoid Macro Tube for Leica M Mount Lens to Leica SL Camera

anyone her who owns it or tested it?

 

best // Torsten

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I havent used this but I bought a Kipon Fuji adapter a few years ago and found it quite crudely made - bad enough I wouldn't buy another.

 

 

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I have the hawks adapter. I think its quite useful for my voigtlander 50mm f1.1 which has 1meter min focus. I'm not sure what other application to use beside this lens. There is voigtlander 40mm f2.8 heliar vm-e lens that i used to adore. For macro i think real macro lens is more useful.

The built quality of the adapter is very good. It has smooth ring. But it allow you to past infinity focus. So you cannot set the lens to infinity to focus. You have to pullback a little. It has some uses, but not very often though

 

 

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any experiences with the KIPON-adapter?

 

I ordered a KIPON helicoid Leica M > Leica SL adapter via ebay to check it out.

It fits perfectly on the camera but I was not able to fix any lens on the adapter - I could not turn the lenses far enough to snap into the mechanism.

 

I reported the problem to the seller and will send back the adapter.

 

That was not exactly what I expected from a 195$-adapter...

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I returned the adapter and received a replacement without any problems.

The new adapter works fine, lenses fit tight // quality is not on leica-level but absolutely ok.

inthink order hawk's helicoid adapter m to sl, 288$ , i have macro adapter kipon and not very like not smooth fit
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