Originally posted by BullsOnParade81 Haha I meant do you put k mount lenses on Zeiss lenses as a side business
Oh, I've done a few conversion jobs for a fee.
Many others have contacted about such conversions, but usually it does not result in a job for me. I believe that the high price of the Zeiss lenses (especially the Milvus') in the end cause folks to decide against it.
I've done 2 Milvus lenses now and many of the old Zeiss "Classic" versions. I charged $200 plus return shipping to convert the "Classic versions (that included the Leitax mount of course).
The Milvus lenses are much more complicated and difficult to convert (more parts, lots of special washers and gaskets that the "Classic" versions don't have). It took me about 3 hours to do today's conversion. I guess if someone wanted me to convert a Zeiss Milvus lens for them I'd ask $300 for it.
Today I took dozens of close up photos of my conversion of this Zeiss Milvus ZF 50/1.4 lens to K mount. Tonight, I'll be editing the many photos and will send them on to David Llado at Letiax. He asked for them and intends to post them on the Leitax website for guidance for people to follow if they want to give a try themselves to doing a Zeiss Milvus conversion from Nikon F mount to Pentax K mount.
I've done many such conversions and Milvus lenses would be very difficult for anyone to convert if you don't have your own lens shop and/or lots of experience either repairing lenses or adapting lenses. For example, some of the Zeiss Milvus lenses are different than other Milvus lenses. After my first attempt at converting the Milvus 50/1.4 lens today, I found that the aperture ring did not work and the lens was perpetually stuck wide open! So, I took it apart again, found the problem, and put it back together. After this second try at it, the aperture worked perfectly.