4/3 Leica Lens M Adapter

[barnack]

Is there adapter out there that will allow me to use my Leica M lenses on an Olympus E3 camera body?

 

[ustein]

Don't think it works because the sensor is too far from the mount. It works fine on m43 bodies.

 

[seablister]

barnack... have you intentionally forgotten to pay for shipping of the F6 that you bought from me?

 

[Godfrey]

Is there adapter out there that will allow me to use my Leica M lenses on an Olympus E3 camera body?

Cannot be done. The Leica M mount register is 28mm, the Olympus E-3 mount register is 39mm. That means any Leica M lens fitted to the E-3 mount would have at least 11mm of extension ... they'd focus nowhere near infinity.

Plus many Leica M lenses project backwards into the film/sensor chamber in such a way as they would foul an SLR's mirror.