Hi from England

[Nogbad]

I'm a collectors of old film cameras but also love digital and have just bought the iconic Leica T..... A beautiful L Mount camera. I have a TT Artisan 35mm 1.4 MF and recently bought a Panasonic 18-40 AF which doesn't seem to like my T. If this turns out to be incompatible I will be looking for another silver wide angle AF lens to go with it. Any suggestions?
Best wishes Chris

 

[pdk42]

Welcome Chris. Where in England are you?

 

[Nogbad]

In the East if England . Spalding Lincolnshire. Very flat lands about 30 miles from the sea.

 

[pdk42]

In the East if England . Spalding Lincolnshire. Very flat lands about 30 miles from the sea.

I lived briefly near to Peterborough back in the 90s so know the general area. Some good sea scenes in the right weather!

 

[pdk42]

Interesting that the 18-40 is incompatible with the Leica T. That shouldn’t be the case. How does the problem manifest itself?

 

[Nogbad]

The camera shows an error requiring update. My T is firmware 1.9 which I think is the last one, but my email to Leica hasn't been answered sadly.

 

[Babylonia]

Interesting that the 18-40 is incompatible with the Leica T. That shouldn’t be the case. How does the problem manifest itself?

Leica "T" mount, is made several years earlier than the later "L-mount".
As a start for the L-mount alliance, I can imagine the other members (other brands) of the alliance
don't take into account, more old specifications of the "T" mount of Leica.
So there is always a possibility e.g. the AF electronics and control of aperture, of a newly L-mount lens of another brand, doesn't support Leica T.

Besides the AF of Leica T seems very bad. Found a web-story 2022 about the Leica T.
However "Sigma APS-C" -- L-mount lenses seems to do a better job in combination to the Leica T.
At least these lenses do work. - AF functions seems to be bad by the poor AF functions of the Leica T camera itself.

Leica T: eight years later

Eight years later, the Leica T is still a fantastic camera and good value at that. Its original flaws remain, but the tradeoff is an experience unique within the photography world.

arun.is

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