Thank you for your statement. The more I use the Q2 and Q2M the more I think this solution of EVF is excellent. Being able to change lenses would be ideal. Im just mesmerized to see the little open mindedness concerning the possibility of evolution.

This is another nice article with an excellent collection of images.

I have done what youn have asked for in this article. I have made a few comparison images using M lenses on both my SL2 and S5. In both cases M lenses used on the L-mount body have a defined envelope of good performance. For the S5, with close subjects, lenses 50mm and longer, and stopped down will perform very nicely. As subject gets farther away, and you open the aperture, we get some smearing around the edges of the frame. With the SL2 we see the same sort of performance with a 35mm lens, and the smearing is not quite as pronounced as the S5. Which to me says the thinner cover glass reduces the smearing effect on the SL2 to a greater degree than the cover glass used on the S5. Though a key point to recognize is, both cameras have smearing with M lenses, and stopping down helps reduce it.

PaulB

I think you’re perfectly right. The Q series is a huge success. It’s a wonderful camera. Here we’re talking about something like a Q that can use M lenses.

But in any case, Leica will have to make at least the first model with the option of having the old optical rangefinder.

Have you tried with an adapter? Functionally, it’s the same isn’t it? The body doesn’t always match so well (a summicron 35 looks hilarious an SL2, for example)… But the functionality is pretty spot on. Insofar as it’s M glass + EVF.

Some people swear by M glass on Fuji bodies. Does look pretty fun!

Yes, I agree. Personally I enjoy very much the q2 monochrom. This is a fantastic tool. I just dream of being able to use my m lenses on a Leica evf camera but without an adapter. For me it would be the best of both worlds.

I didn’t mention “best.”

I’m no youngster. The M is tough for my old eyes, especially through my coke bottle thick glasses. My point is: OVF is the M. To go EVF is to give away the heart of the system.

I also trust Leica to make the right choice. In fact, they have. They created the Q and the SL.

How about evolution. I’m old enough to know that an awful lot of things that I considered the best in the end don’t exist anymore. I trust Leica for making the right choice at the right moment.