Rayqual will offer Sony E mount adapter for Leica M lenses. The adapter is expected to be available in July, 2010. With this adapter you will be able to use your Leica M lenses on a Sony NEX camera.
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Impressive image.
cant wait to do some video on this camera with leica lenses.
This would be a great backup body for those leica lovers.
finally.. you’ve pull through this time Leica Guy.. this rumor has actually peaked my interest.. kudos to you..
like i said before, do good and you’ll get praises from me..
how’s the sensor compare to the M8, or even the M9?
what will the crop factor be with the M lenses?
cant compare to m9.
please make a full frame one…
Yeah, unless it is full frame (which is is not) I won’t be interested. I bought an Olympus E-P2 with Leica M lens adapter so I could use my Summilux 50mm on it (I normally use it on my Film M). Well, I sold the camera after taking about 20 images. It is hopeless if you are trying for a Leica M back up. Why? Crop factor turns a 50mm into a 100mm (!) so unless you like using 100mm lenses as your standard (nobody does) then forget it. Manual focus was ok (ish) but no substitute for a proper split image manual focus system like the Leica M has. Image quality – very average and frankly would rather shoot with a normal compact like an LX3 which has comparable image quality in my opinion, is much smaller, has a built in lens and 24mm – 60mm focal length.
Until they deal with the crop factor, there is no substitute for the M9 (or film Ms) when it comes to using M lenses.
Nope, I won’t be interested in this new camera, or the adapter.
@Stephen B
Dude, I highly doubt you even have the money to afford a Leica M camera (film or digital). Crop factor is 1.6x the normal focal length, hence 50mm is effectively equivalent to 80mm AND NOT 100mm like you insist.
50 x 1.6 = 80
Due to that remark, you deemed yourself incompetent of even the simplest knowledge a photographer knows.
Also, WHY did you sell the E-P2 (if you even had one)? Returning it would be a wiser choice. Another FAIL for you dude.
Have you even heard of the 135mm focal length? It’s so sharp and bokeh smooth, it’s stupid not to shoot with one. It’s a fix focal length, it’s in the 100mm range, so why are you saying nobody shoots that range?
Ok, if you’re saying 135mm on a 1.6x sensor is really 216mm, then how about the 85mm? Do you even know there’s a lens like that? 85mm on a 1.6x is 136 effective. It has insanely mouth watering bokeh and tack sharp too.
And how did you know that the IQ produced by the NEX is ‘very average’, making you want to shoot LX3 instead? I doubt you had the chance to shoot a NEX model at the Henry’s show in Canada last week.
I’m practically laughing my ass off all your comments. Try to print 8×10 using pictures you got from an LX3 and compare it to the 1.6x sensor of the NEX, then you will see why it’s not apt to compare the two.
Simply put, NEX is a branch off the crop DSLR, a notch above M4/3, and a giant leap over P&S.
PLEASE (SERIOUSLY) EDUCATE YOURSELF. IT”S EMBARRASSING.
dude, he was talking about the 2x m4/3 crop factor. so yes, the 50mm is equiv to 100mm on the oly.
@ Disco
Yes, granted Stephen B was talking about the M4/3 crop factor, his arguement is still focus on the focal length. If you’ve ever shot a 24-70 on a crop sensor, chances are you’ve shot at the high end more, which is at the 112mm mark. And with primes on crop bodies, I’m sure people likes the result from an 85 1.8 for a short tele / portrait. I don’t see where he got the idea that no one shot at the 100 focal range.
Also, he’s comparing the M9 to an Oly M4/3 and a soon to be released NEX. Of course there’s no comparison to that. Just a whole bunch of FAIL assessments that he said which makes me rotfl.
Anon, I was talking about the Oly crop factor as disco points out. Perhaps I was too harsh when I said nobody shoots at 100mm. I meant to say that most people who shoot street don’t use that focal length very often which I think you will find is true. I do accept though that many people who shoot portraits use 100mm and I would even concede that this is the preferred focal length for that type of photography.
Most Leica M photographers that I have come across are street shooters and typically use between a 28 and a 50 (true focal length) for this. When I saw that one could use Leica M lenses (I only have one, the 50mm 1.4 ASPH) on M4/3 bodies with an adapter, I was excited to see how it would turn out.
I gave up on this idea once I had tried it and realised how limiting 100mm is for streetshooting.
The issue I have with people shouting out that a camera can be used with Leica lenses is that they often don’t understand what the majority (in my humble opinion) of Leica shooters are looking for. They are looking to use their 28 (or wider) to 50mm lenses and these crop sensors do not provide a viable solution for them (or me). It is the same reason most Leica M8 or M8.2 owners dumped their bodies and reached for the M9. Not because of the additional image quality (although there is much improvement I understand) but more because they could use their wide angle lenses at the same focal length as they were intended.
There is a comment above pleading for a ‘full frame’ one. No doubt, for the same reason – to be able to use Leica lenses at their true focal length as this is essential for street shooting which is the ideal place (in many people’s opinion) for Leica lenses to shine.
@ Steve
Well played.
I do agree that with the advent of the M9 almost all the enthusiast are clamoring for a cheaper solution to mount their Leica glass, to an extent and their on fault, expecting a bit too much from another manufacturer.
There is a rise of interest from people wanting to get into DSLR / rangefinder photography, and with tons of research material online, it is overwhelming for the beginners. Especially with the comparison of the more seasoned photographer, who could analyze and decipher the analysis much deeper than a novice amateur.
Simply put, most rangefinder users usually end up in photojournalism, and benefits more with the normal or wide angle lenses. Trying to mount these lenses on crop bodies AND expecting it to perform just as well, is not very wise.
Glad that we agree that Leica lens belongs with a Leica body. And there SHOULD BE no comparison with any other camera that is able to mount the Leica glass.
You hit is spot on when you said that Leica users are looking for a cheaper alternative to the M9 for their M lenses (or single M lens in my case) and there is nothing out there at the moment that comes close to the M9 due to (among other things) the excellent full frame sensor that it has. My photography is almost exclusively film (my M7 and 50mm) and I do my own developing so I can shoot a roll during the day, develop it in the evening and have scanned it by the end of the night which is pretty quick and if you consider that after a day shooting digital puts you in the same position by the end of the night, that is not bad as far as work flow goes!
That said, there are some really great benefits to digital (obviously) but for me, the main one is the variable ISO and the ability to switch between colour and black & white – or just shoot raw and decide afterwards. The brings in a lot of flexibility and let’s face it, sometimes one really needs that. The problem is that variable ISO, choice of colour or black and white etc is only the camera body (and film) side of photography. The other side and perhaps the most important side is the quality of the lens that actually renders the image and that is where Leica stands head and shoulders (if you don’t know, just ask any Leica owner
above the competition. Now, as you no doubt know, once you have used Leica glass, it is difficult to go back to anything else and so unless you are prepared to pay the £5,000 for an M9 (I am not) you are pretty stuck when it comes to finding a digital solution which compares favourably with using a film M. A full frame Sony NEX camera could be a coup de grâce for Leica and send them out of the body manufacturing world and make them focus completely on the lenses. Some say this might not be a bad thing! I personally hope Leica keep making bodies but that is another story.
The LX3 solution for me is a somewhat patchwork solution I admit but it gives me a nice little summicron lens in a tiny little package to slip neatly in my pocket to fill the gap when I need some ISO flex when shooting film. Is it the perfect solution, certainly not, but I reckon it will be quite a bit of fun while I watch out for a digital Zeiss Ikon or Voigtlander Bessa