The Leica M mount is a camera

Camera

A camera is a device that records and stores images. These images may be still photographs or moving images such as videos or movies. The term camera comes from the camera obscura , an early mechanism for projecting images...

 lens mount

Lens mount

A lens mount is an interface — mechanical and often also electrical — between a photographic camera body and a lens. It is confined to cameras where the body allows interchangeable lenses, most usually the single lens reflex type or any movie camera of 16 mm or higher gauge...

 introduced in 1954 with the Leica M3

Leica M3

The Leica M3 is a 35 mm rangefinder camera by Leica AG, introduced in 1954. It was a new starting point for Leitz, which until then had only produced screw-mount Leica cameras that were incremental improvements to its original Leica...

, and a range of lenses. It has been on all the Leica M series up to the current film Leica M7

Leica M7

The Leica M7 is a 35 mm camera by Leica AG introduced in 2002. It is the direct successor to the M6. The Leica M7 is a departure from previous mechanical designs for the M series....

 and digital Leica M9

Leica M9

The Leica M9 is the second digital camera in Leica Camera AG's rangefinder M series. It was introduced on 9 September 2009 and uses an 18.5-megapixel Kodak KAF-18500 Full Frame CCD image sensor....

.

This lens mount has also been used by Minolta

Minolta

Minolta Co., Ltd. was a Japanese worldwide manufacturer of cameras, camera accessories, photocopiers, fax machines, and laser printers. Minolta was founded in Osaka, Japan, in 1928 as . It is perhaps best known for making the first integrated autofocus 35mm SLR camera system...

 on the Minolta CLE

Minolta CLE

The Minolta CLE is a TTL-metering aperture-priority automatic 35mm rangefinder camera taking Leica M lenses, introduced by Minolta in 1981.Leica and Minolta signed a technical cooperation agreement in June 1972. One of its results was the joint development of the Leica CL, a compact rangefinder...

 rangefinder camera, by Konica

Konica

was a Japanese manufacturer of, among other products, film, film cameras, camera accessories, photographic and photo-processing equipment, photocopiers, fax machines and laser printers.- History :...

 on the Hexar RF

Hexar RF

The Konica Hexar RF was a 35 mm rangefinder camera sold by Konica. Itwas introduced to the market on 13 October 1999. and subsequently discontinued some time before the end of 2003...

, by Voigtländer

Voigtländer

Voigtländer is an optical company founded by Johann Christoph Voigtländer in Vienna in 1756 and is thus the oldest name in cameras. It produced the Petzval photographic lens in 1840, and the world's first all-metal daguerrotype camera in 1841, also bringing out plate cameras shortly afterwards...

 (Cosina

Cosina

is a designer and manufacturer of cameras and lenses, and a glassmaker, based in Nakano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.-History:Cosina is the successor to Nikō , a company set up as a manufacturer oflenses in 1959...

) on the late models of the Bessa range, by Rollei

Rollei

Rollei is a German manufacturer of optical goods founded in 1920 by Paul Franke and Reinhold Heidecke in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, and maker of the Rolleiflex and Rolleicord series of cameras...

 on the Rollei 35RF and very recently by Zeiss Ikon on the latest Zeiss Ikon rangefinder camera.

Leica lenses

(incomplete list)

With the Leica M:

• 15mm f/8 Hologon
• 18mm f/3.4 Super-Elmar
• 21mm f/1.4 Summilux
• 21mm f/2.8 Elmarit
• 21mm f/3.4 Super-Angulon
• 21mm f3.4 Super Elmar
• 21mm f/4 Super-Angulon
• 24mm f/1.4 Summilux
• 24mm f/2.8 Elmarit
• 24mm f/3.8 Elmar
• 28mm f/2 Summicron
• 28mm f/2.8 Elmarit
• 35mm f/1.4 Summilux
• 35mm f/2 Summicron
• 35mm f/2.5 Summarit
• 35mm f/2.8 Summaron
• 35mm f/3.5 Summaron
• 40mm f/2 Summicron
• 50mm f/0.95 Noctilux
• 50mm f/1.0 Noctilux
• 50mm f/1.2 Noctilux
• 50mm f/1.4 Summilux
• 50mm f/1.5 Summarit
• 50mm f/2 Summicron
• 50mm f/2.5 Summarit
• 50mm f/2.8 Elmar
• 75mm f/1.4 Summilux
• 75mm f/2 Summicron
• 75mm f/2.5 Summarit
• 90mm f/2.0 Summicron
• 90mm f/2.5 Summarit
• 90mm f/2.8 Elmarit
• 90mm f/2.8 Tele-Elmarit
• 90mm f/4 Elmar
• 90mm f/4 Macro-Elmar
• 135mm f/4.5 Hektor
• 135mm f/4 Tele-Elmar
• 135mm f/2.8 Elmarit
• 135mm f/3.4 APO-Telyt

Multiple Focal Length Lenses Leica M

• 16mm,18mm,21mm f/4 Tri-Elmar
• 28mm,35mm,50mm f/4 Tri-Elmar

With the Leica CL

Leica CL

The Leica CL is a 35 mm compact rangefinder camera made by Leica with interchangeable lenses in the Leica M mount. It was developed in collaboration with Minolta and appeared in April 1973. It was released in the Japanese market in November 1973 as the Leitz Minolta CL...

:

• 40mm f/2 Summicron-C
• 90mm f/4 Elmar-C
• 40mm f/2.8 Elmarit-C

Elcan lenses

Ernst Leitz Canada made special military lenses under the ELCAN name:

• Elcan 50mm f/2, for the Leica KE-7a
• Elcan 66mm f/2
• Elcan 90mm f/1, apparently without helical, focused by extension rings

See this page showing the 90mm f/1 lens.

Konica

Konica

was a Japanese manufacturer of, among other products, film, film cameras, camera accessories, photographic and photo-processing equipment, photocopiers, fax machines and laser printers.- History :...

 lenses

With the Hexar RF

Hexar RF

The Konica Hexar RF was a 35 mm rangefinder camera sold by Konica. Itwas introduced to the market on 13 October 1999. and subsequently discontinued some time before the end of 2003...

:

• 21mm/35mm f/3.4 / f/4
• 28mm f/2.8
• 35mm f/2
• 50mm f/2 (review of 50/2)
• 50mm f/1.2
• 90mm f/2.8 (review of 90/2.8)

Minolta

Minolta

Minolta Co., Ltd. was a Japanese worldwide manufacturer of cameras, camera accessories, photocopiers, fax machines, and laser printers. Minolta was founded in Osaka, Japan, in 1928 as . It is perhaps best known for making the first integrated autofocus 35mm SLR camera system...

 lenses

With the Leica CL

Leica CL

The Leica CL is a 35 mm compact rangefinder camera made by Leica with interchangeable lenses in the Leica M mount. It was developed in collaboration with Minolta and appeared in April 1973. It was released in the Japanese market in November 1973 as the Leitz Minolta CL...

:

• 40mm f/2 M-Rokkor
• 90mm f/4 M-Rokkor

With the Minolta CLE

Minolta CLE

The Minolta CLE is a TTL-metering aperture-priority automatic 35mm rangefinder camera taking Leica M lenses, introduced by Minolta in 1981.Leica and Minolta signed a technical cooperation agreement in June 1972. One of its results was the joint development of the Leica CL, a compact rangefinder...

:

• 28mm f/2.8 M-Rokkor
• 40mm f/2 M-Rokkor (new version)
• 90mm f/4 M-Rokkor (new version)

Voigtländer

Voigtländer

Voigtländer is an optical company founded by Johann Christoph Voigtländer in Vienna in 1756 and is thus the oldest name in cameras. It produced the Petzval photographic lens in 1840, and the world's first all-metal daguerrotype camera in 1841, also bringing out plate cameras shortly afterwards...

 lenses

With the Bessa T, R2, R2A, R3A, R4A, R2M, R3M and R4M:

• 12mm f/5.6 Ultra Wide Heliar Aspherical II
• 15mm f/4.5 Super Wide Heliar II
• 21mm f/4 Color-Skopar P type
• 25mm f/4 Color-Skopar P type
• 28mm f/2.0 Ultron
• 35mm f/1.2 Aspherical Nokton with Armalite hood, the fastest ever production 35mm lens for 35mm cameras
• 35mm f/1.4 Nokton classic (Available in MC Multicoated or SC Single Coated)
• 35mm f/2.5 Color-Skopar P type II
• 40mm f/1.4 Nokton classic (Available in MC Multicoated or SC Single Coated), the fastest ever production 40mm lens for 35mm full-frame cameras
• 50mm f/2 collapsible Heliar
• 50mm f/1.1 Nokton
• 75mm f/1.8 Heliar

Other Cosina Voigtländer lenses are screwmount and need an adapter to fit on the later Bessa bodies.

Rollei

Rollei

Rollei is a German manufacturer of optical goods founded in 1920 by Paul Franke and Reinhold Heidecke in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, and maker of the Rolleiflex and Rolleicord series of cameras...

 lenses

With the Cosina

Cosina

is a designer and manufacturer of cameras and lenses, and a glassmaker, based in Nakano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.-History:Cosina is the successor to Nikō , a company set up as a manufacturer oflenses in 1959...

 made Rollei 35 RF

Rollei 35 RF

The Rollei 35 RF is a version of the Cosina Voigtländer Bessa R2 marketed not by Cosina but instead by Rollei, complete with a Rollei 40mm lens....

:

• 40mm f/2.8 Sonnar
• 80mm f/2.8 Planar

Rollei also announced at one point that they were going to release a 28mm lens and a 50mm lens, but lost interest in the 35RF (really a Cosina Bessa R2) system.

Carl Zeiss

Carl Zeiss

Carl Zeiss was a German maker of optical instruments commonly known for the company he founded, Carl Zeiss Jena . Zeiss made contributions to lens manufacturing that have aided the modern production of lenses...

 lenses

With the Zeiss Ikon rangefinder:

• 15mm f/2.8 - Distagon T* 2,8/15 ZM
• 18mm f/4 - Distagon T* 4/18 ZM
• 21mm f/2.8 - Biogon T* 2,8/21 ZM
• 21mm f/4.5 - C Biogon T* 4,5/21 ZM
• 25mm f/2.8 - Biogon T* 2,8/25 ZM
• 28mm f/2.8 - Biogon T* 2,8/28 ZM
• 35mm f/2 - Biogon T* 2/35 ZM
• 35mm f/2.8 - C Biogon T* 2,8/35 ZM
• 50mm f/1.5 - C Sonnar T* 1,5/50 ZM
• 50mm f/2 - Planar T* 2/50 ZM
• 85mm f/2 - Sonnar T* 2/85 ZM
• 85mm f/4 - Tele-Tessar T* 4/85 ZM

External links

• La Vida Leica - Leica M System Information, reviews and articles
• Leica M Lens Price & Information Guide
• Objectifs Leica M