Anyone need a set of L mount auto extension tubes?

[dkCambridgeshire]

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Yesterday I used auto extension tubes on a non-Leica camera with an AF telephoto zoom lens to obtain the attached bank vole image. I've been struggling with manual focus Leica R lenses and Leica R tubes to obtain similar images but with only limited success. Using the AF c/u system yesterday was a revelation and a pleasure compared to using my SL with Leica R manual focus tubes.  Extension tubes have always been a priority with most other manufacturers' systems but so far the new  'L' mount partnership does not offer any 'tubes'.  If I could buy L mount auto-tubes I'd willingly buy e.g. an SL 90-280mm lens. Some might suggest using achromatic supplementary close-up lenses but fully auto 'tubes' have their advantages … not least their compatibility with the whole range of 'L' mount lenses (including APS-C TL lenses).

Designing a set of fully auto L-mount extension tubes should be a fairly straightforward exercise - and they'd likely sell very well too.

Would anyone else like a set if they were available? 

dunk 

 

Trying to photograph fast moving small mammals from a respectable subject distance 'in the field' is very difficult unless a camera system offers AF extension tubes.

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[caissa]

Yes, of course. I also hope for more niche products (that are now available for Fuji and Sony) like macro-adapters with helicoid (for M lens to L and R lens to L). Hopefully they come as soon as L-Mount is getting more popular, so that the Chinese start offering them. (Maybe also a Techart for L.)

The L-mount AF macro ring is maybe also a question of patents (so can only come from the L-alliance).

Edited March 24, 2019 by caissa

[johntobias]

+1. I'd love an L extension tube!

 

[jaapv]

Nice catch! A long lens with close focus will work as well.

[dkCambridgeshire]

The Panasonic Lumix S series roadmap shows the following:

• Panasonic Lumix S 1.4x Teleconverter (Coming in 2019)
• Panasonic Lumix S 2x Teleconverter (Coming in 2019)

… wondering if they will be compatible with Leica SL Lenses e.g. the 90-280mm ? 

And no hints regarding when these converters will actually be available. 

dunk 

[ells@watleo.uwaterloo.ca]

This is rather expensive but does what you want with automatic function M<https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1562400-REG/novoflex_bal_let_automatic_bellows_for_leica.html>  I which I had known about this when I bought the basic bellows with attachment for SL and M lens!