
The press release for a new L-Mount Alliance between Leica, Panasonic and Sigma just leaked online (this is a Google-translated press release, the original German version can be found here):

Three weeks ago, I published the post “Leica will not share their mirrorless L-mount with Panasonic and/or Olympus“. Since then we have seen several “reports” online about Panasonic coming up with a new full frame mirrorless camera with Leica SL mount.

There were already several Handevision IBERIT lenses available for Leica L-mount (24mm, 35mm, 50mm 75mm, 90mm f/2.4 lenses that were announced last year). In addition to the 5 IBERIT lenses, Adorama now also has a listing for a new Handevision IBELUX 40mm f/0.85 lens for Leica L-mount. Here are the details:

We can expect something new and interesting in June this year (most likely June 14yh) from the Leica L-mount (SL/CL/TL) – this is what Dr. Kaufmann said in the LL interview I reported last week. Apparently the L-mount has much more potential that we currently see/know about (watch at the 23:29 mark from the interview):