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Leica creates mount adapters for S2 medium format DSLR

Published Jul 13, 2011 | dpreview staff

Leica has developed three mount adapters for its S2 medium format DSLR. The S-V, S-P67 and S-M645 allow users to utilize Hasselblad V, Pentax 67 and Mamiya M645 lenses, respectively. The adapters, built from anodized aluminium and chrome-plated brass will retail for around €580 each and will be available from August. (From Photoscala)

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(unknown member)

I played with an S2 at a trade event recently - beautiful camera.

Now, anyone want to buy a kidney?!

If they sold it at M9 +20% they might sell a lot of them.

Jul 13, 2011permalink

rafaelneville

As if the lenses were the problem...
It's the S2's Body that is a price issue.
Wider options in lenses, sure, very cool, but, how about lowering the price of that body?

Just like the SIGMA SD1, high price too.

Jul 13, 2011permalink

michellelipnar

even an adapter are so expensive, Leica is ripping off

Jul 13, 2011permalink

Vladik

People stop bashing, Leica has to make money somehow, after all they probably sold only 3 S2 cameras and 10 M9 :)))))))

Jul 13, 2011permalink

James Van Artsdalen

Actually Leica is badly oversold an unable to meet demand, and that is the reason for the adapter. Right now, if you manage to find an S2 for sale you may have to wait months to find a lens for it. The adapter lets buyers use a lens that is already available rather than park the $$$ S2 in a closet waiting for a lens.

Jul 13, 2011permalink

ecka84

"However, transfers of the respective adapter no mechanical or electrical functions, signals or data between S-Leica camera and lens, and that means working with working aperture."

€580 (~$800) for that? I'm sure there are cheaper solutions (~$100?). It's so ... Leica :))

Jul 13, 2011permalink

Entropius

"Anodized aluminium and chrome-plated brass", indeed. Wouldn't they work just as well if they were made out of, say, Plain Boring Steel?

Give me a break, Leica.

Jul 13, 2011permalink

proto23

Entropius, though I agree that the writeup trying to sound fancy, I think that aluminum is easier to work with from a manufacturing standpoint and I am guessing that the chrome-plated brass would be for the mount for reducing friction between the lens and the body of the camera - so there are sound reasons for their choice of material ;)

Jul 13, 2011permalink

ZAnton

Adaptor production price - 10€
Leica badge price - 570€

Jul 13, 2011permalink

singveld

does it has a little red dot? if not it is overprice.

Jul 13, 2011permalink

Cameron R Hood

‎$800.00 for an adapter....ha ha ha ha!...good luck with that, Leica, now that the Pentax 645D is out at 1/3 the price of your system, with equal or better IQ...

Craziness....

Cameron

Jul 13, 2011permalink

HetFotoAtelier

LoL

Jul 13, 2011permalink

Jogger

Just get a Chinese knock off from eBay for $20... done, and done.

Jul 13, 2011permalink

mattmtl

This ain't no m43. Just searched eBay... mount adapters for Pentax, Hasselblad, Mamiya to S2 are $95 at the low end and over $700 at the top end.

Don't hold your breath for sales volume to drive the price down to $20.

Jul 13, 2011permalink

snake_b

Typical German-style ripoff.

Jul 13, 2011permalink

Zebooka

Hell yeah!
€580 for a peace of metal. It's true Leica style.

Jul 13, 2011permalink

blairyang

IT IS SO GREAT!!

Jul 13, 2011permalink

Jojakim

Pretty steep for a ring of steel. No further mechanical parts for aperture, right?

Anyway, what else to expect from a perfectionalist brand.

Jul 13, 2011permalink

noegd

Hong Kong did not wait for Leica, you can already find adapters for Hasselblad, M645 or P67 lenses on the bay. Not at 40$ though, more like 200-500€, and much more for the tilt/shift adapters.

Jul 13, 2011permalink

glacierpete

Interesting move. Brings costs down for shooting with an S2 significantly, especially for working pros with an investment in Hasselblad, Mamiya and Pentax 67. And it enlarges the future customer base for Leica S2 lens sales.

Jul 13, 2011permalink

DenWil

Size wise the transition would work from a P67 body to the S2. If you just so happened to have every Pentax 67 lens and was interested in a digital experience the adapter would be an inducement to adopt the Leica system.

The Pentax D also has an adapter and also retains some controls since the lenses were originally designed to be shared between the 67 and 645 bodies.

Jul 13, 2011permalink

Peiasdf

Why buy a Leica camera if you cannot use the magical Leica lenses?

Jul 13, 2011permalink

Andy Crowe

How does owning an adapter prevent the use of Leica lenses?

Jul 13, 2011permalink

Roberts_J

Lleica S2 system contains only 4 Leica lenses.

Jul 13, 2011permalink

Peiasdf

@Andy
Alright, I should have said "Why buy a Leica camera if you won't use the magical Leica lenses?"

Jul 13, 2011permalink

Klarno

Because the S2 is marketed to studio photographers who are making a living with their camera who want a medium format DSLR that's as easy to handle as a 5DII. The red dot is quite beside the point for that market segment...

Jul 13, 2011permalink

anselsmyhero

So if DPReview is covering the accessories, will the S2 camera itself ever make it to the product database?

Jul 13, 2011permalink

TechOutsider

An adapter that costs almost as much as a lens. Brilliant.

Jul 13, 2011permalink

James Van Artsdalen

The

Jul 13, 2011permalink

James Van Artsdalen

The S2 lenses cost a *lot* more than that. It's more like, an adapter that costs as much as a couple of S2 camera batteries...

Jul 13, 2011permalink

TechOutsider

Well, it's not a S2 -> S2 lens adapter, is it?

Jul 13, 2011permalink

Klarno

And I bet someone in Hong Kong will start churning out fully functional replicas of these and selling them for no more than $40.

Jul 13, 2011permalink

CKDexterHaven

The replicas will be incapable, though, of fully activating the Leica sensor's 'glow.'

Jul 13, 2011permalink

Lukino

yeah I'm sure that every owner of a 20k$ Leica S2 in the need of use a 3k$ Hasselblad lens will buy cheap hand made by 3rd world kids adapters sold on ebay from Hong Kong.

Jul 13, 2011permalink

Der Steppenwolf

Who buys this Leica crap anyway ? I guess it's same old geezers that still "enjoy" their LPs....

Jul 13, 2011permalink

f_stops

Actually good analogy because LP's sound noticeably better than mass market 44k CD's or downloads (<48k).

What is frustrating with Leica is they are now so popular there is a waiting list for common lenses - and the eBay markups are ridiculous. Thankfully I bought a shelf load of M glass a decade ago, and the lenses have doubled in value. Leica has become my most cost-efficient purchase (worst being a 5d).

Jul 13, 2011permalink


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