[Leica] Leica T lens on SL camera

[John McMaster]

I thought the SL was the L (né T) mount, i.e. takes T lenses natively just on APS-C size image?

john
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From:  Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com>

Have they come out with the L mount for the SL yet? Seems I remember that
was going to be the "official" T to SL mount. Perhaps the lens firmware
update will work with the L mount?


On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 1:27 AM, Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com>
wrote:

> Maybe not, but missing the firmware update capability from a lens claimed
> to be compatible but not being without a firmware update seems more than
> usually dim-witted to me, but I have a reputation for intolerance…
> Frank D.
>
>
> > On 31 Jan 2016, at 09:10, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> wrote:
> >
> > Perhaps they did not expect many people to put an APS-C lens on a FF
> camera? You are meant to buy a T body for that ;-)
> >
> > john
> > ________________________________________
> >
> > Well hopefully the next SL firmware update will include the provision to
> subsequently update the firmware on an attached “T” lens.
> > This is a very stupid oversight in the original firmware, what were they
> doing!!!
> > Frank D.
> >
> >> On 30 Jan 2016, at 19:00, Aram Langhans <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I thought there were quite a few T lenses out there.  I guess I did not
> >> phrase my question well.  I was thinking of an SL owner who had a bunch
> of T
> >> lenses they were using on it.  If that person upgraded their SL
> firmware,
> >> would they also need to upgrade all their T lenses?  And if it can only
> be
> >> one on a T body, that would be a major headache for them.
> >>
> >> Aram
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message----- From: John McMaster
> >> Sent: Friday, January 29, 2016 8:41 AM
> >> To: Leica Users Group
> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica T lens on SL camera
> >>
> >> Not really, just the one lens is available ;-) On my S2-P I have to
> update each S lens individually, on later bodies you update the camera then
> can update each lens from that.
> >>
> >> john
> >> ________________________________________
> >>
> >> I wonder if every time a T owner upgrades the firmware on their camera
> if
> >> they have to upgrade the firmware on each of their lenses to match?
>  And
> >> would this happen to SL owners, too?  I guess it would be a minor
> >> inconvenience for a T owner, but a major headache for an SL owner.
> >> Something to ask.
> >>
> >> Aram
> >>
> >>