Leica AG invented the L-mount. It first debuted on the Leica T (APS-C format) in 2014, and was subsequently used on the Leica SL, SL2, TL, TL2, and CL bodies. Along the way, the L-Mount Consortium comprised of Leica working with Panasonic and Sigma was created and now all three manufacturers are producing bodies and lenses utilizing this lens mount flange and control protocol.
Leica produces lens mount adapters for M-mount, R-mount, and S-mount that allow use of all the major families of Leica lenses on L-mount bodies, and Leica bodies used with the Leica adapters include lens profiles designed to permit very high high quality use of all Leica lenses on Leica bodies. Third party manufacturers like Novoflex, Fotodiox, and Rayqual, amongst others, supply additional mount adapters for many other lens mounts to L-mount bodies. L-mount bodies from Panasonic and Sigma include the Sigma fp and the Panasonic Lumix S1. All of the Leica, Panasonic, and Sigma bodies designed for this lens mount are "mirrorless" designs: It's what the L mount flange and mounting protocol were designed for. It's an excellent lens mount and some exceptional bodies and lenses have been created for it. I've been using Leica L-mount bodies since 2015, starting with the SL body released in November of that year and mounting on them my M-mount and R-mount lenses. When I had the SL body, I also had the Leica Vario-Elmarit-SL 24-90mm f/2.8-4 ASPH and Leica APO VARIO-ELMARIT-SL 90–280 f/2.8–4 ASPH lenses (native mount Leica full frame compatible lens). I switched to the Leica CL in 2018, selling the SL body and native lenses in the process. My current Leica CL is just about the best performing APS-C camera I've owned, and the SL was similarly the best performing FF camera I've owned. Both have worked extraordinarily well with all my Leica lenses, and with any other Nikon, Sigma, Pentax, and Voigtländer lenses I fit to them. G — No matter where you go, there you are. > On Aug 23, 2020, at 5:17 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > I just stumbled across a discussion of the Lumix S1R, and the L-mount. > Anything along those lines are way out of my budget, but it's fun to know > about them. > > It says that it's a Leica mount, but does it work with the classic Leica > glass? > > I'd expect that there are adapters available for pretty much any classic SLR > lenses. > > The bodies look hella expensive though. > > If prices come down, it might be a nice platform for a mirrorless body. I > strongly dislike/distrust Sony as a company and the Nikon/Canon mirrorless > systems seem to be less than inspired from what I've heard. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
