zohar Posted October 27, 2015 Share #1 Posted October 27, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) I would like to use my various Leica lenses with my Sony A7SII. Does anyone have experience with this? Can you recommend a good quality adapter? I am using the camera for landscape astral night photography with the Milky Way in the background. Of course everything Will be manual. I have a 21 millimeter F 3.4, a 35 mm F1 .4, an f 1 Noctilux, and a 75 mm f 1.4 summilux. Thank you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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james.liam Posted October 27, 2015 Share #2 Posted October 27, 2015 Novoflex. Built to very tight tolerances. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IkarusJohn Posted October 27, 2015 Share #3 Posted October 27, 2015 I have the following adapters, and I'm happy to list them in the Classifieds if anyone wants them (I've listed them before and got no takers, so I am reluctant to list them is there's no interest - I won't sell them directly as that would be unfair to Andreas, and it wouldn't affect the price anyway): Hawks Factory Leica M to E mount Phigment electronic Leica M to E mount Novoflex Leica M to E mount Novoflex Nikon to E Mount All in perfect nick. Cheers John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdlaing Posted October 27, 2015 Share #4 Posted October 27, 2015 Voightlaander. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
james.liam Posted October 27, 2015 Share #5 Posted October 27, 2015 Voightlaander. The close-focus Voigtländer may be the one to go with, on second thought...if the a7 is even an M platform is debatable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdlaing Posted October 27, 2015 Share #6 Posted October 27, 2015 I just have a regular Voigtlaander and not the close focus version. It is extremely well made and the machining is very close tolerance. It works very well for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schmiddi62 Posted October 28, 2015 Share #7 Posted October 28, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) I use Leitax-Adapters. Disadvantage is that you need seperate adapter for every lens. Advantage is that adapter is screwed to bajonett. Fits perfect. Andreas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-hawinkler Posted October 28, 2015 Share #8 Posted October 28, 2015 I use Leitax-Adapters. Disadvantage is that you need seperate adapter for every lens. Advantage is that adapter is screwed to bajonett. Fits perfect. Andreas I consider that a modification, not an adapter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyoung Posted October 28, 2015 Share #9 Posted October 28, 2015 I have a £30 SRB one, and a cheapie which was 6.95 (Neweer I think), nothing to choose between them, both are short so needed shimming to make the lenses work with the focus and dof scales. Even the Novoflex one doesn't seem to be the right length which is disgraceful at the price. The macro ones are useful, I have a cheapie rather than the voigtlander one, and it works! Gerry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanGeist Posted October 28, 2015 Share #10 Posted October 28, 2015 Novoflex. Built to very tight tolerances. I second that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrp Posted October 28, 2015 Share #11 Posted October 28, 2015 The Voigtlander comes in v1 and v2. The former is for NEX bodies and will vignette with longer lenses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomB_tx Posted October 28, 2015 Share #12 Posted October 28, 2015 I got several of the fotodiox cheapies for my varied film lenses. Initially they worked well, but the "spring action" to hold the lens flange tight against the mount face was done simply by slitting the bayonet flange and "bulging" it a bit. With time that fit relaxed so the lenses got very loose. It did prove how well the A7 worked with all my old Leica, Pentax, Canon, Nikon, etc. lenses, but I replaced the ones for my good lenses. They did have direct M39 and M42 to E adapters to avoid having to stack adapters, and of course theses don't have bayonet issues. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
james.liam Posted October 29, 2015 Share #13 Posted October 29, 2015 I got several of the fotodiox cheapies for my varied film lenses. Initially they worked well, but the "spring action" to hold the lens flange tight against the mount face was done simply by slitting the bayonet flange and "bulging" it a bit. With time that fit relaxed so the lenses got very loose. It did prove how well the A7 worked with all my old Leica, Pentax, Canon, Nikon, etc. lenses, but I replaced the ones for my good lenses. . The best testimonial for buying the better widget in the first place so you won't have to buy it twice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tatetate Posted November 20, 2015 Share #14 Posted November 20, 2015 Voigtlander vm2 adapter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
memorylane Posted November 25, 2015 Share #15 Posted November 25, 2015 Voigtlander close focus. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiepphotog Posted November 26, 2015 Share #16 Posted November 26, 2015 I would go against the majority here and suggest the Hawk's adapter V5. I don't see any value in the Voigtlander in comparison to the Hawk's. You don't have an "adjustable" infinity lock, so if you're lucky, the CV might be spot on on your A7SII. The Voigtlander has the least extension range in any current helicoid adapter and it happens that it costs the most as well. If you want plain adapter with high quality build, I would recommend Kindai/Rayqual adapter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluo Posted January 15, 2016 Share #17 Posted January 15, 2016 I use the Kipon close focus adapter and can focus my DR 50/2 down to 33cm on my A7S. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_j Posted January 15, 2016 Share #18 Posted January 15, 2016 I would go against the majority here and suggest the Hawk's adapter V5.. I also use the Hawk's if I need close focus ability. It is well made and sensibly priced. Mostly though I use a plain SRB adapter as it looks neater on the camera. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
otho Posted January 15, 2016 Share #19 Posted January 15, 2016 Novoflex. I use it for Leica & Voigtlander lenses on various types of A7 at about 2 years. Novoflex = best quality and is lightweight and slim. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted January 15, 2016 Share #20 Posted January 15, 2016 Voigtlander close focus adapter. I miss it when i shoot with Ms. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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