[Leica] EF lenses on the SL

[Paul Roark]

I have the latest Metabones adapter for Canon EF to Sony A7, and I find
almost no use for my entire Canon lens set.  The Leica and Zeiss optics are
better and the AF and other connections are second rate.  I thought I'd use
the tilt shift and excellent canon telephoto zooms, but it's not happening.

Once you use a Leica, the bar is a bit too high for for most Canon optics,
and some of the best of the EF optics suffer from less than perfect adapter
connections.  The manual M glass (greater then 50 mm for the Sony) is
great, in part due to the fact that they don't need the electronic
connections.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com

On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 7:58 AM, Aram Langhans <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> But AFAIK, it does not autofocus or allow the camera to control the
> aperture.
>
> Aram
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Sonny Carter
> Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2016 9:41 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] EF lenses on the SL
>
> They have one for F lenses, probably market driven.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> Sonny Carter
> http://www.SonC.com/look
>
>
> On May 26, 2016, at 11:23 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On May 26, 2016, at 9:13 PM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On May 26, 2016, at 7:30 PM, Aram Langhans <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Great.  Wonder if there will be a Nikon G lens adapter? I notice that
>>>> there is still none for Sony that allows lens control. Maybe something
>>>> Nikon is doing, or not doing, that makes this impossible.
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> I do not know. I was told that the adapter maker must do this
>> independently (at least for the Canon lenses.) Clearly the situation will
>> vary depending on the source of money, and on the presence or absence of
>> legal encouragement.
>>
>>
>> steve
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Metabones has a similar adapter, firmware updatable, which permits Canon
>>> EF and EF-S  lenses to be used in fully automatic fashion  on  Sony (E or
>>> NEX mount) bodies. I have used it. It works very well with most Cannon EF
>>> lenses. I do not know about the financial and legal issues that must be
>>> surmounted in order to develop such a smart adapter.
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message----- From: Doug Herr
>>>> Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2016 6:23 AM
>>>> To: lug at leica-users.org
>>>> Subject: [Leica] EF lenses on the SL
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-news/2016/05/novoflex-leica-sl-canon-eos-af-adapter/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Doug Herr
>>>> Birdman of Sacramento
>>>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>>>> http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com
>>>>
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