Leica M Lens with goggles

[bscott]

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Can a Leica M lens with goggles be used on a Leica SL2?

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[Jean-Michel]

Yes.

While I no longer have it, my googled 35 Summicron mounted quite nicely. And, I have a 135 goggled Elmarit which works just fine too — and what great looks too 😀!

[bscott]

Jean-Michel, what lens adapter did you use and your opinion of the image results?

[jaapv]

There are plenty of L-M adapters by third party vendors, of varying quality but in the end they are all the same. The only one that offers extra functionality is the one by Leica, but basically only with coded lenses. 

[Elliot Harper]

7 hours ago, jaapv said:

There are plenty of L-M adapters by third party vendors, of varying quality but in the end they are all the same. The only one that offers extra functionality is the one by Leica, but basically only with coded lenses. 

even with coded lens, I go to menu to choose the lens myself, and save a few hundreds dollars.

[Jean-Michel]

18 hours ago, bscott said:

Jean-Michel, what lens adapter did you use and your opinion of the image results?

I have the Leica one It came as a part of a package that was offered with the SL2  at the time. I also have a Fotodiox adapter for Canon FD lenses to M mount, with that and the Leica M to L adapter I can mount those lenses on the SL2 — not often but that works just fine. 
I know that the Leica adapter is pricey but it reads the lens codes so I would stick with that, the money divided by the years you will have it is not that significant. 
However, the goggled lenses, as far as I know, cannot be coded. So if the adapter is only for a goggled lenses perhaps a third party one would be okay.

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[Elliot Harper]

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1 hour ago, Jean-Michel said:

I have the Leica one It came as a part of a package that was offered with the SL2  at the time. I also have a Fotodiox adapter for Canon FD lenses to M mount, with that and the Leica M to L adapter I can mount those lenses on the SL2 — not often but that works just fine. 
I know that the Leica adapter is pricey but it reads the lens codes so I would stick with that, the money divided by the years you will have it is not that significant. 
However, the goggled lenses, as far as I know, cannot be coded. So if the adapter is only for a goggled lenses perhaps a third party one would be okay.

money divided by years methodology is psychological game, and it's a myth. Money is money, cash outflow up front, you can't amortize it over the years.

but we all do, I use this method to persuade myself too.

[Jean-Michel]

😀 Yes, it is a fine method, but it is  real one too if you are in business; in Canada, photographic equipment is depreciated at 20% per annum on a declining basis. Some of the equipment I haven't gotten rid of still is on the books for very few pennies such as a Speed Graphic purchased used back in 1967!

One thing is definitely true: buying cameras or lenses as an investment is a silly and nonsensical game.

[jaapv]

2 hours ago, Elliot Harper said:

money divided by years methodology is psychological game, and it's a myth. Money is money, cash outflow up front, you can't amortize it over the years.

but we all do, I use this method to persuade myself too.

No. But for an amateur it should be written off as a private expense immediately with any return in the end as private income and for a pro it is a tax deduction.