M10M: Is it safe to use a Jupiter 12 35mm with M39 adapter? Worried about damage to sensor/shutter.

[Cayenne]

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Hello all,

I recently acquired the Jupiter 12 35mm lens...and was thinking it might be fun to adapt to my M10M.

That lens has a rather long and large bulbus rear lens and I've read it's safe to use on most mirrorless cameras, I haven't been able to find anything specific saying it would fit safely on the Leica M10.

 

Does anyone have experience, info or links about this?

 

Thank you in advance,

cayenne

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[Huss]

I tried a few and unless you use live view could not get accurate focus.  The colimation is way off .

[mujk]

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there should be enough space so that the rear element will not hit the shutter in normal use. However, like with several collapsible LTM lenses, there is a risk of the rear element outer edge hitting something else, e.g the rangefinder arm roller, if the lens is tilted when mounting.

[Cayenne]

Alright..thank you everyone for the response!!

I have  M39 to M adapter on the way and will carefully give it a try.

I really want to mainly use it on the digital camera to test out in conjunction with a cheaper end 35mm viewfinder to compare that with live view, etc, before I throw the lens onto a good quality Zorki 4 I got to shoot some film with.....

 

I know, jumping through some weird hoops....but wanted to see how things did before I aimed this lens at film...AND, heck, thought it might give some unique images on the old M10M from time to time, as that I have really gotten to enjoy shooting adapted vintage lenses on the M10M.

 

Again, thank you all!

 

cayenne