It could successfully be argued that the whole point of owning a Leica is that you are then able to use the (deservedly) legendary Leica M lenses. The cameras themselves are, like any other camera, just boxes. Exquisitely engineered, wonderful to use boxes, but boxes nonetheless.
So, Novoflex’s new lens adapter, which will let you put a Leica lens onto a Micro Four Thirds camera, has us rather excited.
Novoflex is also planning Micro Four Thirds adapters for Leica R (the SLR lenses), Nikon, Contax/Yashica, Olympus, Pentax and Minolta lenses.
With this single, €150 accessory, the whole point of the MFT standard becomes, if you’ll excuse the pun, clear. Although you can easily buy third-party lenses for your camera, the reverse is not true. By selling small, specialized camera bodies with a now almost universal lens mount, the Four Thirds coalition is essentially bringing very high-end photography to the masses.
