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MXcamera (Click here) released the full Lens Trubo for NEX roadmap:
[shoplink 18692 ebay]Pentax K (here one Bay)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 22693 ebay]Minolta MD/MC (here one Bay)[/shoplink] are available now.
[shoplink 18694 ebay]Contax C/Y (here one Bay)[/shoplink] release this week.
[shoplink 18695 ebay]M42 (here one Bay)[/shoplink] will be released on 1st week of June
[shoplink 18696 ebay]Canon FD (out of stock out) (here one Bay)[/shoplink] will be restocked on 1st week of June.
[shoplink 18697 ebay]Nikon Ai-s (out of stock out) (here one Bay)[/shoplink] will be restocked on 3rd week of June.
Canon EF will be released on 4th week of June. Save this search in Slidoo to get notified when there will be an auction.
Leica R will be released on 1st or 2nd week of July. Save this search in Slidoo to get notified when there will be an auction.
SAR reader Andrea sent me his Lens Turbo first impression:
“First of all congrats for your great blog, I usually follow your updates every day.
I bought a lensturbo for canon fd lenses by the Shanghai eBay seller you posted the link.
I received it two days ago. I tested it with my 50mm and it is fantastic to see the larger frame and, it seems, a better contrast and sharpness. The weak point is the already known issue of the blue spot when facing a light or the sun, but is not such a big issue.
The real problem came when I tested the lens turbo with the canon fd 20mm. I almost risked to ruin the rear/back lens of the 20mm! The fact is that when you are trying to reach the infinity focus the rear lens of the 20mm protrusion hit the front lens of the lens turbo!!
That problem is not mentioned by the seller and also by the reviewer (the martist, you linked in a post). I wrote to both. The reviewer only write to me he doesn’t have this problem. This is strange because the lensturbo seller just wrote to me:
Hi Andrea,
Thanks for the message…
Indeed the FD 20/2.8 can not use… the rear lens protrusion will hit the lens… sorry… I think you can only focus up to 3 meter, right ?
except for the 20, the other lenss 28, 35, 50, 85 all can use..
best,
R.J.
– jinfinance
Therefore I’m writing this to you because I want to avoid that the same thing happens to others.
I’d also like to know if other lensturbo buyers had the same problem as I did.
Thx for your time.
Best regards“
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are there no plans for OM to nex/x ?
when a-mount adapter will be out??? all of us have more a-mount lens than fd or leica
Exactly. It’s so bizarre that there is still no a-mount adapter.
Andrea,
The one of your post with the problem (20mm FD lens) appears to be of a focal reducer from RJ (jinfinances). That is not a Mitakon “Lens Turbo” sold by MXcamera.
Hi Vivek,
the strange thing is that both -the one sold by mx camera and the one sold by jinfinances- appear to be the same thing and also the photos of them are the same. Both marked Zhongyi.
Andrea F
Strange… my 20mm FD has no problem like that at all
Hi, you told me that.
I’m trying to know why my lens turbo does’t work with the 20mm. And the eBay seller Jinfinance knew about this problem. And my lens turbo appears to be exactly the same (shape, logo, exc..) of the one in your hands…
I can confirm that the Mitakon lens turbo that came from the mxcamera website does not play well with the FD 20 F2.8 SSC – maximum focus is 3 m.
A more interesting question will be: are they going to rework the coatings/schemes to get rid of the blue dot?
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Yes, the reworked Leica R adapter will give you a red dot!
Epic reply 😉
Hey MX! And where is the Contax G autofocus adapter???
Mhhh strange … a good solution would be an a-mount adapter as turbo …
Yes, A mount or Konica AR. I have few inexpensive teles which may gain some central sharpness via focal reducer.
Bring it on the a-mount lensturbo pleaseee
The reviews at Dpreview and Fredmiranda are not so favorable when comparing the lensturbo with the speedbooster. The Lensturbo has issues.
http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1216015
Lensturbo vs Speedbooster
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3495353
Well that sucks! Guess I’ll just pony up an extra $400 and get a SpeedBooster Minolta MD adapter.
Any idea why my postings disappear? This morning I tried two times to post my weekend’s experiences with the newly received Lens Turbo, but both times the text simply vanished.
I just ordered the Nikon version for NEX, but I hope to high heaven an OM to NEX version will be born. Since the adapters are way thinner than classic ones, and OM lenses are so small, that would make a perfect NEX system. Please, pretty please.