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Just wondering if anyone is using their SL with the Nikon or Canon Novoflex adapter. How do you like it?
Also wondering if anyone using the older SF-58 with the SL?
Should have been a little more clear Godfrey, the SF-58 is the Leica flash before the new SF-40 and SF-64.There's been a good bit of discussion about the electronic Novoflex adapters that work with the SL and Nikon or Canon lenses on l-camera-forum ... a couple of representative threads:
http://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/253460-3rd-party-lens-performance-on-sl/
http://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/264481-novoflex-nikon-e-to-leica-sl-adapter/
http://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/264942-do-not-buy-the-novoflex-ef-sl-adapter/
SF-58 ...? What lens is this? or is it a lens?
I have used mostly Leica R primes on the Leica adapters aside from the SL24-90 so can't offer any evaluation of the Novoflex adapters.
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Ah, okay. On the other forum, there are a bunch of threads about the SL and flash usage too. I don't use flash very often, and generally only externally metered, generic flash units, so I don't know much about the SF-58.Should have been a little more clear Godfrey, the SF-58 is the Leica flash before the new SF-40 and SF-64.
Hi Vince - the Novoflex SL / EOS "works", but... it's a long list of "but's". I've used with a Zeiss 35/2 ZE, 100/2 ZE and 55 Otus. There is a slight shutter delay, sometimes more pronounced than other times. EXIF is reported, but the lens name is wrong - all show as a Voigtlander 40mm. Yet the same lenses on the A7rII a-la the Metabones IV T report the correct Zeiss name. So the Novoflex (or Leica's firmware) is picking up the wrong EXIF meta data field. I haven't tried an AF lens, so I'll leave that topic to others. If you're okay with manual focus, then I think it's a good option. Relative to using M lenses, there are couple advantages going the Canon route -
- Auto aperture - makes things a bit easier
- The focus magnification is navigated a-la the focus points
a) the camera remembers the last AF point selectedb) thus, no constant re-centering (which is annoying with the M lenses IMO)
Thanks Peter. Since you are using manual lens, are you using the Novoflex with the electronic contact or the one without? I am intrigue with the AF version and its performance with the Nikon 105mm f1.4eI use the Novoflex adaptor for Nikon mount with Zeiss Milvus and Otus lenses - very happy.