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The Leica M mount is a camera lens mount introduced in 1954 with the Leica M3, and a range of lenses. It has been used on all the Leica M-series cameras and certain accessories (e.g. Visoflex reflex viewing attachment) up to the current film Leica M-A and digital Leica M11 cameras. This lens mount has also been used by Epson, Ricoh, Minolta ...
Leica 60 mm Macro-Elmarit-R 1st version – 1972 – outside bayonet lens hood fitting; Leica 60 mm Macro-Elmarit-R dn2 version; Leica 75 mm f /2.0 Elcan-R code C-341 – extremely rare; Leica 80mm f /1.4 Summilux-R; Elmarit-R 135 mm. Leica 90 mm f /2.8 Elmarit-R 1st version – 1964–1996; Leica 90 mm f /2.8 Elmarit-R 2nd version – 1983
In 2014, Leica announced two updates on the series: the Leica X-E (Typ 102) featuring a 24 mm f /2.8 lens and the Leica X (Typ 113) which has a 23mm f /1.7 lens. C series On September 8, 2013, Leica announced the Leica C (Typ 112) , a compact camera with an electronic viewfinder based on the Panasonic DMC-LF1.
The Summarit was initially introduced as Leica's fastest lens in 1949 with a maximum aperture of f/1.5. Since then, the Noctilux and Summilux named lenses have superseded this old aperture. [1] On 3 August 2007 Leica revived the name and announced a series of less expensive lenses, the Summarit-M.
Cosina started producing cameras and lenses under the Voigtländer brand in 1999, when it introduced a new M39 mount body and lenses. It has since produced a prodigious variety of these lenses in M39x26, Leica M mount, Nikon S rangefinder mount (some fully usable with Contax RF bodies), and SLR mounts including M42 and Nikon F.
The M4 started production in November 1966, as the direct successor of the M3 and M2, featuring framelines for 35 mm, 50 mm, 90 mm and 135 mm lenses in a 0.72 magnification viewfinder. It has the frame counter of the M3, with automatic reset after reloading. The M4 was the last Leica rangefinder of this era to be predominantly hand-built.
Diagram illustrating the flange focal length of an SLR–type and a mirrorless–type camera. For an interchangeable lens camera, the flange focal distance (FFD) (also known as the flange-to-film distance, flange focal depth, flange back distance (FBD), flange focal length (FFL), back focus [1] or register, depending on the usage and source) of a lens mount system is the distance from the ...
The only true zoom lens for rangefinder cameras is the Contax G2 Carl Zeiss 35–70 mm Vario-Sonnar T* Lens with built-in zoom viewfinder. [7] A very few lenses, such as the Konica M-Hexanon Dual or Leica Tri-Elmar, let the user select among two or three focal lengths; the viewfinder must be designed to work with all focal lengths of any lens used.