Classic Leica R lenses on SL

[SrMi]

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52 minutes ago, Shepherdphotographer said:

Excuse me, I read this topic only today. I don't understand a thng: by the picture above, I see the adapter from R lenses to M mounted on a SL body: isn't a SL body a body with L bayonet? Thanks. 

Behind the R-M adapter is an M to L adapter as well. 

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[AZN]

1 hour ago, SrMi said:

Behind the R-M adapter is an M to L adapter as well. 

This is the "stacked adapter" approach to mounting R lenses onto the L-mount SL.

Or you can use the dedicated Leica R→L adapter with built-in contacts to read ROM information from the lens (if your R lens has a ROM chip, obviously).

Because nearly all of my R lenses have ROM contacts, most of the time I use the R→L adapter.

The stacked approach is however useful when I'm bringing along M lens(es) to shoot with.  Typically the R→M adapter stays on the lens and the M→L adapter stays on the camera.  You lose any ROM information of course (along with auto lens-identification by the camera), but it can be convenient and slightly faster when changing lenses regularly: eg. between a R-19mm v2 and Voigtlander 40mm Nockton M.

Disadvantages with using stacked adapters?  This has been covered extensively in other threads, but basically there can be vignetting with longer R lenses.

Edited February 12, 2023 by AZN

[Shepherdphotographer]

Thank you. Very good solution!

[MattiasAndersson]

Hi Shepherdphotog.

If you look carefully, you also see the M to L (or the equivalent M to TL) adapter on the SL.

So two adapters stacked, this was before the R to L adapter was released.

(did not see that this had been answered)

Edited February 12, 2023 by MattiasAndersson

[jaapv]

But it is crazily expensive. The M to L is defensible but if you have that one any whatever to M will do.