Leica S lens on a Hasselblad V Body........is it possible

[Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS]

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Hi

I would like to mount my Leica S lenses on my Hasselblad 503 Body................is it possible and if so how??

 

neil

[Paul J]

Nah, not really mate. Flange distance is much longer. So even if you had an adapter they would all turn into macro lenses.

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[Paul J]

You can put V lenses on the S though.

[Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS]

Paul ive done that with great results, I just fancied trying one of my S lenses on my Hasselblad 503.................never mind

 

Neil

 

You can put V lenses on the S though.

[John McMaster]

Not a chance:

 

• Fully electronic lens on fully mechanical camera
• There is no adapter to fit S lenses to anything other than SL mount
• Difference in register distance, your V lens to S adapter is a short extension tube so how do you think a S lens will work at infinity on a V body?

 

john

[Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS]

Not a chance:

 

• Difference in register distance, your V lens to S adapter is a short extension tube so how do you think a S lens will work at infinity on a V body?

 

john

Thanks a lot buddy.................. I asked the question because I have no idea about that stuff, and I know that there are nice folks like you thane are happy to point a fellow photographer in the right direction

 

Thanks again pal

 

neil

[mgrayson3]

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The reason I tolerated the Sony A7II for as long as I did was that it had the shortest flange distance (register distance, distance from lens mount to sensor, whatever). So you could mount almost anything on it - M, Contax, Canon, Pentax 645, and more! The S has a short distance for MF, so most MF lenses mount on it, but the flip side is that S lenses won't mount on almost any MF body with a mirror. They certainly would on the mirrorless Hassy and Fuji models, but I don't know if anyone has made an adapter.

 

What would be possible, since the S image circle is larger than the SL or TL2/CL sensors, is a tilt/shift adapter for S lenses on the SL or, better, TL2/CL (the even smaller sensors allow more movement).

 

--Matt 

[Paul J]

Paul ive done that with great results, I just fancied trying one of my S lenses on my Hasselblad 503.................never mind

 

Neil

 

 

Have always though it would be interesting to have an S film body. Wishful thinking though.

[Jeff S]

Have always though it would be interesting to have an S film body. Wishful thinking though.

It was called an R.

 

Jeff

[Paul J]

It was called an R.

 

Jeff

 

 

Must have missed the medium format R.

[Jeff S]

It died before its time.

 

Jeff

[jip]

I always love and am amazed by how Neil with so many cameras lacks the simple knowledge about flange distance etc.

[Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS]

I always love and am amazed by how Neil with so many cameras lacks the simple knowledge about flange distance etc.

I know its absolutely amazing JIP. The good thing is that you can get adapters to increase and decrease the depth of field without changing lenses

 

Neil

[Photon42]

I always love and am amazed by how Neil with so many cameras lacks the simple knowledge about flange distance etc.

 

 

For some odd reason it does not seem to prevent him to produce pleasing photographs 

[John McMaster]

The good thing is that you can get adapters to increase and decrease the depth of field without changing lenses

 

???

 

john