General Questions
What does your product do ?
Our product is a set of replacement parts for converting a Contax N-mount lens to Canon EF-mount. After the conversion the lens will stop down the aperture and autofocus as commanded by the camera body.How does your product work ?
A microcomputer emulates a N-mount camera while talking to the lens, and emulates an EF-mount lens while talking to the camera body.Why do I want to do it ?
If you are a Contax N-system owner, you may migrate to Canon while leveraging your existing investment in N-mount lenses.Where are you located ?
We are in Vancouver, Canada.What is the significance of your product ?
This is the world's first independent lens mount conversion which preserves autofocus and auto aperture.What does the name conurus mean ?
A conure is a small parrot from South America. All New World parakeets were once classified under a single genus Conurus. Nowadays, the name is not used in scientific taxonomy anymore, but the pet trade still uses it.Product Questions
Can I buy the modification kit without installation?
Not any more. We used to think you could take our kit and pay a professional camera repairman/repairwoman to perform the installation on your lens, but so far none of our customers have been able to find a shop which is willing to do so. We know of a number of customers who attempted DIY against our recommendation, but their success rate was very low.Does the modification void my warranty ?
Modifying a lens certainly voids all warranties of the lens.Why don't you make an adapter which simply attaches to a N-mount lens ?
It is impossible to make such an adapter because the N-mount has a very large diameter. Unfortunately, the original N-mount has to be removed to make room. This has nothing to do with the conurus circuit board at all but rather physical fitment - it is the same reason why it is impossible to make an adapter to mount Pentax K lenses to Nikon F mount, for example, without losing infinity focus.If you do not like the idea of modifying lenses, you will have to use Contax 645 lenses and wait for our C645 adapter.
I emailed you a while ago to order your product but got no reply. How come ?
I may have replied to you, but your mail server may have blacklisted our IP. I suspect that certain spammers used the same ISP as us, and as a result, mail services such as Yahoo has blocked all email coming from us.The second reason might have been that I have a demanding daytime job and I only do this during weeknights and weekends. I may be working with my suppliers, solving issues for existing customers, working on firmware, mechanical design, electronics design, circuit board design, keeping the books, or updating this web site. I work 100 hours per week in order to bring you this unique technology. I will eventually answer your email. Thank you for your patience in the meantime.
I don't care about AF. Could you leave AF out and give me the future product (such as the C645 adapter) now ?
No. The bottleneck is not the electronics. It is always mechanical design and machining the physical parts taking the longest time.Can you notify me on new product releases ?
Yes ! Please join our technical support forum. An email will be send out to all forum members when new products become available.More questions?
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