The new Leica SL teaser at Leica.com.
A source (Thanks!) just sent me this:
“I learnt that the upcoming Leica Camera will be able to mount other manufacturers’ lenses (i.e. Canon, Nikon) by using specific adapters, that are already available.”
While the source didn’t metnion this I am pretty sure this means the Leica SL has a T-mount. Because for that mount we already have all those adapters (see them on eBay).
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Teaser info via Digicameinfo.
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there are no electronic adapters for T mount that could AF AFAIK. So unless they are talking about a T mount version of an existing adapter that is still to be released OR they are using another mount from another brand…
Nobody mentioned electronic adapters nor AF.
I wonder if they are serious about the existing adapters, e.g. stacking 2 adapters: T -> M, M -> EF
Well not going to work too well with EF lenses then.
Leica T-Mount, not film T mount
http://us.leica-camera.com/Photography/Leica-T/Leica-T-Camera-System
Yea and there are still no electronic adapters.
“Some things will never change”
The price?
“While the source didn’t metnion this I am pretty sure this means the Leica SL has a T-mount. Because for that mount we already have all those adapters (see them on eBay).”
Have you seen your own list? There are no adapters from Nikon F or Canon EF to Leica T.
I think it just means that SL mount is to T mount as FE mount is to E mount.
IOW, SL and T will share the same mount, so adapters made for T mount will fork of the SL mount.
Like: Canon FD, Nikon F(AIS) Pentax K, etc…
Maybe Sony sold Leica a sensor with the phase autofocus features of the A7rII.
There’s no possible way Sony sold a sensor to Leica for the SL. It is a direct competitor to the A7-series, and I’m sure Sony has non-compete contracts with all its sensor clients.
This baby will have the same sensor and same AF as the Q, which is a Panasonic designed sensor.
Uhm no. Sony will sell their sensors to anyone who wants them, but they don’t sell all their sensors to 3rd parties.
Umm… pretty sure Nikon is a direct competitor.
Wasn’t it already established that the Leica SL comes with a Panasonic T-mount?
Oct 20 – Sony gives up! Leica once again will rule pro photography
There is a reason I never took Sony seriously, I knew Leica would out-perform them eventually
All you need is $10,000 for the body, and $3000 for each lens, at that price it had better perform, but most people won’t be able to afford any camera at that price point, especially when you can get 99% of the IQ for <$4000 for the body and <$1500 for lenses.
Well, to be part of the elite, the entry barriers have to be high. The peasants can stay with Sony. For true visual artists like me, that’s a welcome filter. And admin pls don’t ban dissentive voices. Thank you.
Now all please support my family with $5. Thanks.
True visual artists can work with the cheapest equipment, it’s just a tool for crying out loud, if you can’t creat art with anything but the most expensive equipment, you may have a problem, what happens if you have financial problems? Stop creating art?
Look at his username…
Leica SL with E-mount!
Oh…oh the irony.
Isn’t the T-Mount APS-C? And isn’t the rumored Leica FF? Something doesn’t sound right here.
The Sony E-mount was APS-C until Sony released a FF camera with it. And the T-mount is even wider than the E-mount:
http://www.slack.co.uk/slack/Taifun.html
My instinct tells me this will be a Sony sensor. Let’s say it will be, this will not be a direct competitor to A7 series for 2 reasons.
Price will be much higher and the sensor will not be sony’s last generation.
I find it a little funny that, what makes Leica very good has been the lenses. Now they come out with a Canikon adaptable. We all know the shortcomings of the M9, will this be better with Canon lenses on it… I don’t think so. Will it be better because of the sensor… maybe only compared to previous Leica sensors. Will not be better compared to sony’s latest sensors.
1. Sensor is probably by Panasonic / Towerjazz as is the Leica Q’s
2. It’s inevitable that a mirrorless camera can adapt DSLR lenses due to the flange distance. It’s not like Leica *wants* you to adapt them.
Leica and Nikon are Seal Team Six, Sony FE bin Laden, BLAM BLAM! Revenge of the real photographers!
I was just going to say that I wish I could put my (inferior) Canon lenses on my (inferior) Leica sensor. There is a reason that people adapt Leica R lenses to Canon mount: Canon chips and Leica lenses. I have no interest in the other way around.
Now; If they could make a digital rangefinder the size of my M6 or even a iiig, THEN we’re talking! I’d even be OK with a zero-lag EVF.
In my mind I thought using the new Zeiss milvus with this SL. But no adapter for now.