News Viltrox is trying to get a L-Mount licence

[Jonathan-Mac]

I don't think so. Flange distance is one thing. The other is diameter. Nikon Z has 16mm flange distance and 55mm in diameter. Sony E has 18mm distance and 46.1mm in diameter. Leica L has 20mm distance 51.6mm in diameter.

So for E to Z, you have 2mm in distance and almost 9mm in diameter difference for the adapter.

For L to E you would gain 2mm distance but you would have only 5.4 mm in diameter difference. The thing that E mount in the narrower one makes it even more problematic.

Ah yes, of course. I'm too used to thinking of adapting lenses being down to just the registration distance.

 

[dirk]

Their recent 28mm pancake lens is also very interesting. Autofocus, real pancake size, f/4.5 aperture, good enough image quality, and only US$99! That's really what Lumix should have released with the S9. I've asked Viltrox many times please release that lens in L-mount.

Hi @Richard Wong Is the Viltrox 28mm/4.5 Pancake now available for L-Mount?

Do you have experience with the 28mm lens in the Ricoh GR3? I wonder whether the Viltrox 28mm can get close enough in image quality to the GR3 lens to be a viable alternative on a Lumix S9 body.