Can Leica R Lenses work on Sony A series Cameras

[rollsman44]

Just curious to see if the Leica lenses will work on the Sony A 7 camera bodies. I believe the R lens are AF thanks

 

[Farnz]

The R lenses are manual focus only but can be used on the Sony A7 series of cameras with an adaptor I believe.

Pete.

 

[k-hawinkler]

I use Leica M and R lenses all the time on my two A7r/2 cameras.
All you need is an R to E adapter.
An R to M followed by an M to E adapter also works just fine.
There are a number of companies making those adapters.
I found the expensive Novoflex adapters to be precisely made.
But other cheap adapters work as well.

Some, but not all, wide angle M lenses exhibit corner smearing.
That can be addressed by Kolari by replacing the sensor cover glass with a thinner one. But then native lenses might suffer a bit.
How much? Mostly to be determined.

 

[Jeffg53]

I have a number of R lenses which have Leitax mounts. To use them on the A mount is a simple matter of swapping the Leitax mounting plate.

 

[thompsonkirk]

Because R's are retrofocus lenses that don't place the rear element too close to the sensor, they'll work perfectly and won't smear the corners (as happens with short M lenses). Many of the primes are Mandler designs, though some of the inexpensive ones, and esp. the kit zooms, were 'borrowed' from Minolta.

If you have R lenses you're well set up for manual focus with A series.

Kirk