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2 hours ago, microview said:

There's now a Shoten adapter (Amazon UK £49.99) which at least is black – wonder if it's in any way better than the (silver) Novoflex.

I like the price, Novoflex is over 130 quid.

Did anyone used Shoten M-Z adapter, is it mechanically any good?

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1 hour ago, mmradman said:

Question to Z6/7 users with M lenses, which adaptor do you use, would you recommend it?

Novoflex. It is beautifully made and works perfectly. It is a dumb adaptor, but that is fine with manual focus M lenses which have no electronic connections. It works particularly well with the 75mm Summarit.

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1 hour ago, mmradman said:

Do people concur with Jim Casson, I think blog post is Sony E specific but may be illustrative.

https://blog.kasson.com/the-last-word/adapter-flange-distance-errors/

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/4351136#forum-post-62085228

 

I don't know if there's any IQ impacts on having distance discrepancy for manual focus lenses, should be none, perhaps focal length off by few mm?  75mm become 74.37mm some sort?

I tried 2 knock off Z mounts from ebay, they works but plenty of plays.  One knock offs even have a stuck pin that freaks me out, I had to dismantle the mount to set my lens free.  I'm done exploring and ordered novoflex. 

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6 hours ago, Gelatino said:

Got Novoflex on Z6. 

Some time ago, for reverse ( Nikon lens on M body ) I bought K&F; less expensive but aluminium made...

Could Nikon S line lenses mount on Leica M bodies?  That would be interested but Z has the shallowest sensor distant so I guess the chance is low.

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2 minutes ago, jaeger said:

Could Nikon S line lenses mount on Leica M bodies?  That would be interested but Z has the shallowest sensor distant so I guess the chance is low.

Extremely unlikely, two issues, flange registry and aperture control. 

First, Nikon Z mount has registry of 16mm - shortest for full frame while Leica M is 27.5/27.8mm or there about.  It works for M lenses on Z but not other way around.  With Z/S lenses on M body only close up focus would be possible.

Second, Nikon Z system or Nikkor S lenses have electronic aperture control, that would require some sort of smart adapter and M cameras have no flange contacts of any kind, 6-bit coding is just bar code reader.

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7 hours ago, mmradman said:

Question to Z6/7 users with M lenses, which adaptor do you use, would you recommend it?

I'm using the Novoflex too, very well made and it works well. 

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7 hours ago, mmradman said:

Question to Z6/7 users with M lenses, which adaptor do you use, would you recommend it?

I only tried Novoflex, and it works perfectly well. Minimal play with one Voigtländer lens, but perfect with all my Leica M lenses. No reason to mess around for a pocketful of Dollars, if we talk Leica lenses to be mounted onto a 45MP camera.

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2 hours ago, jaeger said:

Could Nikon S line lenses mount on Leica M bodies?  That would be interested but Z has the shallowest sensor distant so I guess the chance is low.

Not old enough to own Nikon S lenses, I started with Fmount pre Ai  in 1971 😉.

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Sample from the 28mm cron asph on Z7, Fotodiox adapter.

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Another Sample from the 21mm SEM on Z7, Fotodiox adapter.

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21 minutes ago, eddds said:

Another Sample from the 21mm SEM on Z7, Fotodiox adapter.

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But how does it compare to the 21mm SEM mounted on an M body?

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29 minutes ago, keithlaban.co.uk said:

But how does it compare to the 21mm SEM mounted on an M body?

Have only monochrome body (M246) and M8, so the comparaison will not be accurate.

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