Anyone tried Leica M glass on a Z body?

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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Anyone tried Leica M glass on a Z body?

I wonder if anyone tried mounting their Leica M mount glass on a Nikon Z body with an adapter?

Jun 06, 2023 at 12:05 PM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Anyone tried Leica M glass on a Z body?

patotts wrote:
I wonder if anyone tried mounting their Leica M mount glass on a Nikon Z body with an adapter?
Yes, I use m glass on my Z6 from time to time. I enjoy messing about with interesting old glass. Not so much the Uber expensive m stuff.

Jun 06, 2023 at 01:19 PM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Anyone tried Leica M glass on a Z body?

I have on my Z7, but after the novelty wore off that I could, Leica lenses are much better on my Leica Ms. And Nikon lenses are much better on my Z7 than the Leica stuff.

Jun 12, 2023 at 02:21 PM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Anyone tried Leica M glass on a Z body?

Yes, I have a fair bit. Is there anything you would like to know about the experience in particular? Some lenses work well (e.g., CVM 15 f/4.5; CVM 75 f/1.5; Zeiss ZM 85 f/4), other lenses don't work nearly as well as on the Leica M (e.g., 21 SEM; CVM 28 f/2 II; 35 Lux FLE; 50 Lux Asph; CVM 50 f/2 APO).

Jun 12, 2023 at 03:09 PM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Anyone tried Leica M glass on a Z body?

I use Leica 50/2 apo, 90/2 apo and Zeiss 35/1.4ZM quite a bit on Z bodies.

Jun 12, 2023 at 04:32 PM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Anyone tried Leica M glass on a Z body?

If you happen to have Leica lenses, why not trying it out and buy an adapter. There is one now which reads the lens coding. TT Artisans, I believe. As others wrote, some senses work pretty well, but the question is always for what purpose. For really technical stuff, I would not really bother and would use Z lenses. For portraits and more mood oriented photos, some of these lenses are really quite nice. I like for example the Zeiss Sonnar 50.

Jun 13, 2023 at 12:39 PM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Anyone tried Leica M glass on a Z body?

I've tried it and didn't like the experience. As Desmolicious said, Leica lenses are much better on M bodies.

Jun 14, 2023 at 02:16 PM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Anyone tried Leica M glass on a Z body?

My light set-up is cv21/3.5, cv40/1.2, summicron 50/2, 7artisans 75/1.25 in Leica mount.
Sometimes I use the megadap, but lately just a dumb adapter.

Jun 14, 2023 at 11:33 PM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Anyone tried Leica M glass on a Z body?

richyirich wrote:
I've tried it and didn't like the experience. As Desmolicious said, Leica lenses are much better on M bodies.

I agree and I much prefer to use Leica M lenses on a Leica M body, but while I was saving up for a Leica M body, I was glad to be able to use some Leica M lenses on a Z body.

Jun 15, 2023 at 05:29 AM


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