ellisson Posted December 10, 2016 Share #1 Posted December 10, 2016 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) I recently purchased an 240 M-P and have been very happy with this camera for RF shooting with my Leica M lenses. I have many Minolta and Sony lenses that I use on a Sony A99 SLR, and was going to sell some of it because most of my shooting over the past few years has been with RF gear, mostly the Leica M5 for film and the M8 for digital. But I would like to explore the use of some of the better A-mount lenses, including a Minolta 200 2.8 AP0 lens on my M 240 with an adapter for this mount. My questions are, has anyone in the forum used the Novaflex adapter with Minolta or Sony A-mount lenses on the M240 or SL? And before I invest in some longer range Leica R lens options, do you feel the image quality with Minolta glass on Leica cameras is comparable to results obtained with Leica R glass? My main interest is in the telephoto range performance, because I have excellent M-lenses in the 21mm to 90mm range. I would be using the longer range lenses mostly for landscape/seascape photos and occasionally for environmental portraits. Edited December 10, 2016 by ellisson Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Echo63 Posted December 11, 2016 Share #2 Posted December 11, 2016 Do the A mount lenses have an aperture ring ? Or are they electronically controlled ? If they are electrically controlled, you may be limited to shooting with the aperture wide open Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellisson Posted December 11, 2016 Author Share #3 Posted December 11, 2016 No aperture rings on A-mount lenses, so yes, that would be an important limitation. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikozia Posted December 12, 2016 Share #4 Posted December 12, 2016 I have both the Novoflex and Kipon Minolta/Sony A to Leica M adapter, they work really well and they are both of high quality. You can control the aperture on the lens. Minolta made some really nice lenses before they sold the lens section to Sony. I guess you already knew since you have the 200mm f/2 lens. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bocaburger Posted December 12, 2016 Share #5 Posted December 12, 2016 The only Leica R lens I currently own is the 70-210 f/4 zoom, which was made by Minolta. It's a fine perfomer that can hold its own with modern zooms. If other Minolta lenses are as good as this one, I would not hesitate to get the adapter. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellisson Posted December 13, 2016 Author Share #6 Posted December 13, 2016 Thanks everyone for your input. My minolta lenses are all autofocus and do not seem to have an aperture ring. I do not know how I could stop down without one. If it were possible to control aperture on these lenses, I would definitely get hold of the adapter! If I cannot do this, I'll probably go for the 70-210 f/4 zoom as my first telephoto R lens. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted December 13, 2016 Share #7 Posted December 13, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) Another interesting lens is the Apo-Telyt 180/3.4 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellisson Posted December 13, 2016 Author Share #8 Posted December 13, 2016 ....On the other hand, if an A-mount to M adapter is made, there must be a way to control aperture without an aperture ring on the lens. Does the adapter have a ring on it that engages the aperture mechanism on the A-lenses? Thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JMF Posted December 13, 2016 Share #9 Posted December 13, 2016 (edited) ....On the other hand, if an A-mount to M adapter is made, there must be a way to control aperture without an aperture ring on the lens. Does the adapter have a ring on it that engages the aperture mechanism on the A-lenses? Thanks. Edited December 13, 2016 by JMF Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JMF Posted December 13, 2016 Share #10 Posted December 13, 2016 (edited) I have both the Novoflex and Kipon Minolta/Sony A to Leica M adapter, they work really well and they are both of high quality. You can control the aperture on the lens. Minolta made some really nice lenses before they sold the lens section to Sony. I guess you already knew since you have the 200mm f/2 lens. Edited December 13, 2016 by JMF Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellisson Posted December 13, 2016 Author Share #11 Posted December 13, 2016 Well, as noted by Mikozia, the Minolta/Sony A-mount to Leica M adapters do control aperture. I checked the Novaflex website to confirm the model number for Minolta/Sony AF. They do not give details for how this is accomplished, but with a ring on the adapter itself, it must engage the thin metal band on the back of the lens that adjusts aperture. I'll give it a try. Should be interesting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellisson Posted December 20, 2016 Author Share #12 Posted December 20, 2016 There may be an adaptor with the aperture control ring like the one for Nikon G lenses I have a novoflex adaptor for m- Nikon and it has a blue ring that controls the aperture of a G lens Yes, I have a Novoflex for Minolta/Sony A-mount to M on the way. Glad I asked the question on this forum! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pph_leica Posted January 10, 2017 Share #13 Posted January 10, 2017 I have both the Novoflex and Kipon Minolta/Sony A to Leica M adapter, they work really well and they are both of high quality. You can control the aperture on the lens. Minolta made some really nice lenses before they sold the lens section to Sony. I guess you already knew since you have the 200mm f/2 lens. Thank you so much for the information, too. Is it able to achieve focussing to infinity? Thanks again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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