[Leica] The SL

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Leica R system had auto exposure, so the electrical links are there. I
think the problem is in the installed base - can the development and
manufacture of an adapter pay for itself, in the quantities they will
sell at the prices they will charge. Nikon, of course, has a huge
installed base, which makes it easy to manufacture and price it
reasonably.
Cheers
Jayanand

On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 10:27 AM, Richard Man
<richard at richardmanphoto.com> wrote:
> You can get autoexposure only if the camera knows what the open aperture
> and the taking aperture are. If the lens does not generate those info, then
> some kind of manual system is needed
>
> On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 7:15 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Is there any technical reason why this is difficult (Auto Exposure
>> feature for R lenses)? Nikon DSLR AF lenses work fine on the Nikon 1
>> mirrorless systems, with both AF and AE (most features) enabled via an
>> adapter.
>> Cheers
>> Jayanand
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 5:37 AM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net>
>> wrote:
>> > If it were as easy as a simple tube, which is the adapter without the
>> auto
>> > feature, there is no reason that it would not have been available now.
>> It
>> > is so trivial, that the Chinese copy cats have probably already done
>> it.....
>> > ( somewhat tongue in cheek.)... Checking after I wrote that, I found that
>> > Novoflex has the adapter ( dumb, no auto feature), called the LET/LER.
>> So
>> > you can use your R lenses on your SL body, as soon as they ship them.....
>> >
>> > That is the primary reason I think that it will the Auto feaqture.....
>> that
>> > it is taking a year to come out.....
>> >
>> > I have no real info, nor am I on the inside track at Leica.....  I am
>> purely
>> > speculating...
>> >
>> > But if it did have the Auto feature, it would be the single most
>> brilliant
>> > implementation Leica has had since the LTM to M adapters..... about 1953.
>> >
>> > Frank Filippone
>> > Red735i at verizon.net
>> >
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=verizon.net at leica-users.org] On
>> Behalf
>> > Of Akhil Lal
>> > Sent: Monday, November 02, 2015 3:48 PM
>> > To: Leica Users Group
>> > Subject: Re: [Leica] The SL
>> >
>> > Actually I was told by a Leica rep at PhotoExpo that the R adapter would
>> not
>> > have an auto stop down mechanism. Of course he could be wrong, or they
>> might
>> > reconsider....
>> >
>> > On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 6:01 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> There is no published information that the R to TL adapter has or has
>> >> not the auto stop down abilities.
>> >>
>> >> The R to M adapter plus the M to TL adapter, which they now recommend
>> >> until the one piece adapter becomes available, does not.
>> >>
>> >> Frank Filippone
>> >> Red735i at verizon.net
>> >>
>> >> The facht that the R adapter tube does not stop down R lenses seems a
>> >> problem to me, however perfect this camera would be.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Cedric Agie
>> >> Brussels
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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