I always find it amusing when somebody claims “I’m not rumor-mongering” and then make a video called “Leica SL2 Coming in H1 2019?” – the video is based on a Photokina interview with Stephan Schulz from Leica. Update: the name of the video is now changed to “A Conversation with Leica’s Stefan Schultz on the L-Mount Alliance“. […]
The upcoming Leica Summicron-SL 35mm f/2 ASPH full frame mirrorless lens for L-mount is expected to be announced in the first half of 2019. Here is the lens at the 2018 LHSA meeting in Wetzlar – they even showed the MTF chart:
Some additional coverage on the newly formed L-Mount Alliance between Leica, Panasonic and SigmaL-Mount:
Leica Camera unveils five major announcements at Photokina: Leica L Mount: A first-of-its-kind pioneered by Leica in strategic alliance with Panasonic and SIGMA, the Leica L-Mount allows for a nearly limitless array of creative options by combining different interchangeable lenses with cameras featuring different sensor formats. Leica S3: The brand new Leica S3 medium format […]
Leica press event at Photokina 2018 live stream:
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):
