Originally in the analogue era M-mount lenses were only available from Leica, but soon Cosina/Voigtländer and Zeiss started producing M-mount lenses as well. Today also many newer manufacturers from China release original lenses in M-mount as they can easily be adapted to all kinds of mirrorless cameras.
Reviews
Fisheye
Ultra Wide Angle
- Laowa 9mm 5.6 FF-RL
- Voigtländer 12mm 5.6 Ultra Wide Heliar (LTM/M39)
- Laowa 15mm 2.0 Zero-D
- Voigtländer 15mm 4.5 VM Super Wide Heliar II
- Zeiss 16mm 8.0 Hologon
- MS-Optics 17mm 4.5 Perar
- Zeiss ZM 18mm 4.0 Distagon
- Funleader 18mm 8.0 Cap Lens
21mm
- Voigtländer VM 21mm 1.4 Nokton
- TTArtisan 21mm 1.5
- Voigtländer VM 21mm 3.5 Color-Skopar
- Zeiss ZM 21mm 4.5 C-Biogon
24mm
28mm
- Thypoch 28mm 1.4 Simera
- 7Artisans 28mm 1.4 FE-Plus
- Voigtländer 28mm 1.5 VM Nokton
- Voigtländer VM 28mm 2.0 Ultron MK I
- Voigtländer VM 28mm 2.0 Ultron MK II Type I
- MS-Optics 28mm 2.0 Apoqualia MKI
- Voigtländer VM 28mm 2.8 Color-Skopar
- Minolta 28mm 2.8 M-Rokkor
- Funleader/Brightin Star 28mm 2.8 XSlim Pro-M
- TTArtisan 28mm 5.6 M
- 7Artisans 28mm 5.6 M Wen
35mm
- Voigtländer 35mm 1.2 VM Nokton III
- MS-Optics 35mm 1.3 II Slim Apoqualia
- 7Artisans 35mm 1.4 M IF
- TTArtisan 35mm 1.4
- Thypoch 35mm 1.4 Simera
- Leica 35mm 1.4 Summilux-M FLE Asph (2010)
- Leica 35mm 1.4 Summilux-M FLE Asph MK II (2022)
- MS-Optics 35mm 1.4 Apoqualia
- Zeiss ZM Distagon 35mm 1.4 T*
- Voigtlander Ultron 35mm 1.7
- Voigtländer Apo-Lanthar 35mm 2.0
- Light Lens Lab 35mm 2.0 8-Element
- TTArtisan 35mm 2.0 Apo
- 7Artisans 35mm 2.0 Wen
- Jupiter-12 35mm 2.8 (LTM/M39)
40mm
- Voigtländer VM 40mm 1.4 Nokton MC
- Minolta 40mm 1.7 Rokkor-QF (LTM/M39)
- Minolta 40mm 2.0 M-Rokkor / Leica 40mm 2.0 Summicron-C
50mm
- Leica 50mm 0.95 Noctilux-M Asph
- Zhong Yi 50mm 0.95 M
- TTArtisan 50mm 0.95
- Voigtländer VM 50mm 1.0 Nokton
- MS-Optics 50mm 1.0 ISM
- Mr. Ding 50mm 1.1 / Syoptic 50mm 1.1
- 7Artisans 50mm 1.1
- MS-Optics 50mm 1.1 Sonnetar
- Voigtländer 50mm 1.1 Nokton
- Voigtlander VM 50mm 1.2 Nokton
- Canon 50mm 1.2 (LTM/M39)
- MS-Optics 50mm 1.3 Sonnetar Slim
- Canon 50mm 1.4 (LTM/M39)
- Leica 50mm 1.4 Summilux-M Asph (2004-2023)
- TTArtisan 50mm 1.4
- Nikon Nikkor-S 50mm 1.4 (LTM/M39)
- Zeiss C-Sonnar 50mm 1.5
- Voigtlander VM 50mm 1.5 Nokton
- Voigtländer VM 50mm 1.5 Nokton II MC
- Jupiter-3 50mm 1.5 (LTM/M39)
- Light Lens Lab 50mm 2.0 Elcan
- Light Lens Lab 50mm 2.0 SP II
- Thypoch Eureka 50mm 2.0 collapsible
- Nikon Nikkor-H 50mm 2.0 (LTM/M39)
75mm
- 7Artisans 75mm 1.25
- MS-Optics 73mm 1.5 Sonnetar
- Leica Summilux M 75mm 1.4
- Voigtlander VM 75mm 1.5 Nokton
- Voigtlander 75mm F1.8 Heliar Classic
- Voigtländer VM 75mm 1.9 Ultron MC
85mm
- Jupiter-9 85mm 2.0 (LTM/M39)
- Nikkor-P 85mm 2.0 (LTM/M39)
- Laowa 85mm 5.6 Macro 2:1
90mm
135mm
- MS-Optics Aporis 135mm 2.4 MC Fluorit
- Leica Apo-Telyt-M 135mm 3.4
- Leica Tele-Elmar M 135mm 4.0
- Jupiter-11 135mm 4.0 (LTM/M39)
Adapters for Sony E-mount cameras
For a general overview have a look at our Adapter guide.
For M-mount lenses so called Close Focus Adapters are popular that work as a variable extension tube and reduce the usually quite high close focusing distance of your Leica M lenses.
TTArtisan also offers a 6-Bit adapter that allows you to have EXIF data for (some) of your M-mount lenses.
A very special adapter is the Techart LM-EA9 that turns your manual focus M-mount lenses into auto focus lenses.
Issues
Most rangefinder lenses (especially wide angle ones) do not perform as well on a digital camera as on film. For a very geeky analysis check out this lensrentals.com article, for a short comprehension have a look at our article Rangefinder wide angle lenses on A7 cameras: problems and solutions.
The most important factor is the filter stack thickness in front of the sensor. Leica has minimized the thickness of this sensor so that most lenses perform closer to film on their Leica M10, M9 or M240 series cameras. Sony uses a much thicker sensor stack with all their A7/A9/A1 series cameras but it can be replaced by a thin one and then the cameras perform as well as the Leicas.