Older Nikkor 70-300 AF-S on a Leica m10, or m11 + EVF

[AveryWagg]

Years ago I bought a Nikon D90 when they first came out. At the same time, I also grabbed a 70-300 lens for it. I bet I've used that 70-300 all of twice in the two decades I've owned it. I was wondering if could get an adapter for that lens such that it might work on newer digital Leicas. If so, what kind of adapter should I be shopping for?

Here's a picture of the lens..

..Avery

 

[Freakscene]

G Nikkor lenses have electronic aperture control so with a dumb adapter you can only shoot at f22.

 

[Luke_Miller]

The Nikon G lenses have a mechanical aperture control lever. An F to M mount G lens adapter (which has an aperture control ring) will allow manual aperture control. A non-G lens (or dumb) adapter will keep the lens fully stopped down. It is the Nikon E lenses that have electronic aperture control. Fortunately they stay wide open until electronically stopped down, so can be used with an adapter if wide open is workable.

 

[Freakscene]

You are right. I was reporting the results of putting my 70-300 on my M10M using a dumb adapter bought for using AiS lenses on my Ms.

 

[AveryWagg]

Perfect! Thanks gentleman. I've just ordered an adapter..

..Avery

 

[AveryWagg]

The adapter works like a charm. I'll use a piece of tape to mark the f-stops. Thanks again gentleman!

..Avery

 

[Ken Ford]

The adapter works like a charm. I'll use a piece of tape to mark the f-stops. Thanks again gentleman!

..Avery

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I dare you to show up at a Leica collector’s meet with that.

 

[Beemermark]

Skipping all the previous posts but "WHY"

 

[pvdhaar]

Skipping all the previous posts but "WHY"

As a former owner of that lens, the answer could be that it's pretty well behaved at 200mm between f6.7-f8. Sure, you could slap it on a Nikon DSLR and enjoy the AF and VR, but where's the fun in that?

 

[Ken Ford]

Skipping all the previous posts but "WHY"

Why not? Visoflex has made wild things happen for decades, and the new electronic ones are the easiest yet. Now I’m wondering what some of my F mount lenses would do on an M. I don’t remember which ones have a stopdown lever, though - never really thought about it.