Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/05/26

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Subject: [Leica] EF lenses on the SL
From: wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (Doug Herr)
Date: Thu, 26 May 2016 23:16:51 -0700 (GMT-07:00)

Steve Barbour 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.

It may be worth remembering that Leica's Hasselblad H adapter for the S 
system was developed by reverse engineering the Hasselblad electronic 
protocol.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com
http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com