2.7 USING ADAPTED LENSES

Thanks to its short flange-back distance, the X-mount system can host almost every existing full-frame, medium format, cinema (Super 35 and larger), or APS-C lens. All you need is a fitting adapter. This means that in addition to about three dozen native lenses, you have access to hundreds of additional modern and legacy lenses.

It’s a similar situation with the GFX and its G-mount: Using dumb or smart adapters, you can not only adapt many classic medium-format lenses, but also a large collection of classic and current full-frame (35mm format) DSLR lenses.

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Fig. 234: Leica M-mount lenses like this affordable Voigtländer ...

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