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This Fujifilm 24mm f1.9 Natura For Leica M is Incredibly Rare

Chris Gampat
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04/17/2021
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Fujifilm Natura 24mm Leica M2

This Fujifilm 24mm f1.9 Natura was removed from the camera and rehoused in Leica M mount.

You could say this is a one-of-a-kind, and you’d be totally right! The lens in the Fujifilm Natura S is legendary. We’ve even featured photographers who’ve used and loved the camera. Besides the great metering, the small size and the fun colors, the main appeal is the lens. At the heart of the small point and shoot is a Fujifilm 24mm f1.9. This is the smallest variant of the lens perhaps ever made. That’s what makes this very rare eBay find every more fascinating. 

This Fujifilm 24mm f1.9 Natura lens was rehoused within the body of a Canon 50mm f1.2 for Leica M mount. It’s also currently only bidding at $600. Seriously, it’s a one-of-a-kind. According to the seller nmpearso:

“As street photographers know, full-frame wide angle lenses tend to be either bulky…or slow (narrow-aperture). Fast, tiny wides prove incredibly rare and tough to come by.

Enter this unique Leica-mount 24mm f1.9 lens, a one-of-a-kind tiny fast LTM wide rescued and adapted from Fuji’s legendary Natura S film camera, which put this unsurpassed fast, tiny full-frame 24mm in a pocketable point-and-shoot body.

This one was expertly adapted by Ken Ruth (of Bald Mountain, back in the day), into the rangefinder-coupled tiny barrel of a Canon 50mm f/1.2 LTM rangefinder lens, with its own new custom distance scale applied, and a nice infinity lock for secure stowage. It makes for a tremendously compact, rf-coupled pancake wide that mounts readily on a Leica M3 (see attached pic); later Leica bodies may have metering parts jutting into the mount that preclude mounting this lens.

And awesomely for modern shooters, I have also checked and found that it mounts and shoots fine(!) on Fuji’s new medium format digital GF mount (GFX100s); just make sure to use electronic shutter, to leave safe distance from the rear element glass. Moreover, it -may- adapt readily to other modern short-register, wide-mouth digital mounts (such as Sigma/Leica/Panasonic L, Nikon Z, etc.), though I haven’t tried those directly.”

In case you weren’t aware, the Leica M mount is incredibly adaptable and versatile. Pretty much all their lenses can be mounted onto any modern mirrorless camera mount. But as the seller states, you might want to be a bit cautious about it. To that end, it’s not perfect.

But if you happen to get your hands on it, you’ll be very happy with the results from the Fujifilm 24mm f1.9. It’s incredibly sharp. And if you use it with a flash, you’ll realize just how sharp it really is. Here’s what we said in our review:

“I’m absolutely in love with the Fujifilm Natura S. It’s small, lightweight, inconspicuous, can deliver great images, and will give you more keeper shots on a roll than you’ve probably gotten before. With a 24mm f1.9 lens attached and automatic modes that you can actually trust, there is nothing to complain about here.”

In fact, this is one of the last film cameras I own personally. I encourage you to go take a look at the listing. Put in a bid, and give that lens a great home. It’s bound to give you image quality that you’ll enjoy. More importantly, there is nothing as awesome as owning a very rare lens. 

All product images taken from the listing by seller nmpearso

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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