Kipon BAVEYES Leica M 2x teleconverter

[paulleica]

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Does anyone have any experience with the Kipon M teleconverter? The website says that it was designed in Germany. I haven't found anything about it on the internet. https://kipon.de/shop/adapter/optische-adapter/baveyes-extender/baveyes-leica-m-2x-telekonverter/

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[BrettWayne]

There’s a bit of Fujifilm GFX experience out there with their BAVEYES Hassy compressor and it’s not known for it’s performance. It’s also ludicrous (in my mind) to illustrate the adaptability of a 2X tele converter  on an M6 with a 135/3.5 which is effectively at 270/6.3.  For the price you could get a multiple lens Visoflex setup that’s faster and much more useable. Or an adapted R tele, etc… not to mention it doesn’t appear to couple the rangefinder?

Edited December 25, 2024 by BrettWayne

[lct]

Interesting indeed. Not sure how the camera can focus with this converter though. I suspect it works only in LV mode and is not compatible with auto zoom but i may be wrong.

[m11user]

KIPON posted some photos on facebook a while ago:

https://www.facebook.com/kiponadapters/posts/1092503172877417

It seems the adapter doesn't change the color rendering of the used lenses and keep the sharpness quite high. 

[luigi bertolotti]

No practical experience on this new extender ? I see that price is on the rather high side, considering the vendor (I have a decent Contarex to M adapter from Kipon) so I am reluctant to buy it "just to try" 🤒... it surely won't  be better (on some 90) than an APO 180 with R to M adapter, and probably the same (on AT 135) than a Telyt 280... though more portable, which is the only reason for I vaguely think of it...

Edited May 11 by luigi bertolotti