can-photo Posted October 26, 2015 Share #1 Posted October 26, 2015 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) By now, we all know that SL accepts T lenses, but how about the SL lenses to be used on T. I know it is not very practical mainly for size and price and it is not designed for that, but this is more of a technical /optics curiosity rather than a real one. M and R lenses are full frame lenses and can be mounted and used on T with the adapter, so I would guess it should be possible with SL as well without any adapter. Could SL lens work in crop mode, or there is something in the lens design that stops that (lens firmware, autofocus)? Edited October 26, 2015 by theazimuth Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Posted October 26, 2015 Share #2 Posted October 26, 2015 I think I read in one of the pages I have been reading about this that SL lenses will work on a T, but will be automatically using the cropped factor. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted October 26, 2015 Share #3 Posted October 26, 2015 If you mount an SL lens on a T it can ONLY be crop mode because the T has a crop (APS-C) sensor. I can't imagine why Leica would make T lenses compatible with the SL but not vice versa. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjh Posted October 26, 2015 Share #4 Posted October 26, 2015 By now, we all know that SL accepts T lenses, but how about the SL lenses to be used on T. Sure, it is the same mount after all. Right now it may not make much sense but once the portfolio of SL lenses will be more comprehensive there might be uses for SL lenses on the T. A T owner might not be tempted to buy an SL lens but if you happen to own both a T and an SL then why not? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
can-photo Posted October 27, 2015 Author Share #5 Posted October 27, 2015 Thanks everone Michael, I see what you mean when it gets more lenses, and yes why not Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy Posted October 27, 2015 Share #6 Posted October 27, 2015 (edited) The T, even with its limitations, is also a 'considerably-better-then-nothing' back-up body that can sit in the bag for someone unable to stretch to two SL bodies. Were I an SL user (and I don't rule out the possibility, even with my prejudice against EVFs), the availability of a much cheaper back-up option using the same mount (what's a used T worth nowadays?) is a real plus point for the new camera. Edited October 27, 2015 by wattsy Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter H Posted October 27, 2015 Share #7 Posted October 27, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) The T, even with its limitations, is also a 'considerably-better-then-nothing' back-up body that can sit in the bag for someone unable to stretch to two SL bodies. Were I an SL user (and I don't rule out the possibility, even with my prejudice against EVFs), the availability of a much cheaper back-up option using the same mount (what's a used T worth nowadays?) is a real plus point for the new camera. Interestingly (perhaps), like you, and despite my reservations, I don't rule out owning an SL one day. Perhaps we're the real market for this camera: the non-committed. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy Posted October 27, 2015 Share #8 Posted October 27, 2015 (edited) Perhaps we're the real market for this camera: the non-committed. I don't know about being one of the "non-committed" but I know that my interest (and inability to rule out the camera) is informed by fanboyism and a liking for the kind of products that Leica make. For example, I occasionally still glance an eye at the somewhat ludicrous T camera and wonder whether it might make an interesting option for my M lenses. And this is even after having tried the camera out once (with the 23mm prime) and disliking virtually everything about it. My interest in the SL is a little more rational. I like the idea of having a single camera that could replace my Nikon DSLR and also provide an alternative platform for my M lenses. It would also bring my entire photographic kit back under one roof, so to speak (I only relatively recently branched out into Nikon in order to accomplish certain tasks that my M system is unsuited to), but that is not really a pressing need and would probably represent a step back in photographic capability terms (the Nikon DSLR and small handful of Nikon AFS lenses I own is a super piece of kit). The truth is that pondering the possibilities is probably just part of the "gearhead" side of my interest in things photographic. When I am actually taking photographs, the gear I am using (or could be using) no longer seems so very interesting. Edited October 27, 2015 by wattsy 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bencoyote Posted October 27, 2015 Share #9 Posted October 27, 2015 (edited) It would be fun to mount the 90-280 on the T. At the tele end with the effective FOV of a 420 that would be great for birds and wildlife. There are these two estuaries near where I live that I enjoy watching but never can capture even with a lens that effectively has been the FOV of a 200mm. Edited October 27, 2015 by bencoyote Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
can-photo Posted October 27, 2015 Author Share #10 Posted October 27, 2015 It would be fun to mount the 90-280 on the T. At the tele end with the effective FOV of a 420 that would be great for birds and wildlife. There are these two estuaries near where I live that I enjoy watching but never can capture even with a lens that effectively has been the FOV of a 200mm. I wonder if it will bend the body if it is not supported properly Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bencoyote Posted October 27, 2015 Share #11 Posted October 27, 2015 I wonder if it will bend the body if it is not supported properly I'm thinking that will be more of a lens holds the camera vs a camera holds the lens situation. Hand holding anything more than about a 200 gets kind of tricky anyway. I've done effectively a 350mm before but that was m43 and that was much smaller. Still getting the shutter speed shorter than 1/350s (really ended up being 1/500) with a 5.6 and a low enough ISO (in that case <=1600 at the most) to look good was non-trivial without a tripod. Side note: On my old camera I always thought it was interesting how there were only 3 shutter speeds I could use when trying to do this. 1/500 1/1000 and 1/2000. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjh Posted October 28, 2015 Share #12 Posted October 28, 2015 Any camera-lens combination would sensibly be supported under their common center of gravity in which case there is no problem whatsoever. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcomarin69 Posted October 28, 2015 Share #13 Posted October 28, 2015 Yes, but at Leica they told me to wait until the new Firmware for the T is release. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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