Guest stnami Posted June 13, 2011 Share #1 Posted June 13, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) With the creation of this lens Panasonic unveils Leica Summilux DG 25mm F1.4 lens: Digital Photography Review we have a new set of four thirds leica shooters................. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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earleygallery Posted June 13, 2011 Share #2 Posted June 13, 2011 Can someone please explain to them that the lens isn't made in Germany? Save all the grief later on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
greyelm Posted June 13, 2011 Share #3 Posted June 13, 2011 Can someone please explain to them that the lens isn't made in Germany? Save all the grief later on. And the d-lux 5 is Panasonic and the M9 is made in Portugal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemalk Posted June 13, 2011 Share #4 Posted June 13, 2011 ...and the Noctilux in Canada... If this lens is at least close to the standard 4/3rds D Summilux, it is going to be a fantastic addition to the micro 4/3rds lineup. Still too close for my taste to the 20mm 1.7, but that original 25mm D Summilux is a godsend of a lens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjb Posted June 14, 2011 Share #5 Posted June 14, 2011 hey, this new lens looks interesting! apparently i was mis-informed, but i thought i understood that Leica had no interest in micro 4/3, even in the lens design. to be honest, my focus in the compact/mirrorless category had turned to the X1 and Fuji X100. now, i could be interested in something like a GF1 paired with this new Leica-designed lens. i wonder if there are more Leica-designed lenses in the pipeline. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoppyman Posted June 14, 2011 Share #6 Posted June 14, 2011 Take a look at remarks by Stefan Daniel at the 2009 Forum meeting. Andreas provided a summary here: http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-forum/customer-forum/89591-summary-q-session-stefan-daniel-during.html Strategy In General Panasonic Cooperation The Panasonic cooperation will continue More compact cameras to come Leica and Micro FourThirds Leica is not going to offer MFT cameras Leica may offer MFT lenses MFT is an interesting system Sensor size is a very limiting factor hey, this new lens looks interesting! apparently i was mis-informed, but i thought i understood that Leica had no interest in micro 4/3, even in the lens design.......i wonder if there are more Leica-designed lenses in the pipeline. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest malland Posted June 14, 2011 Share #7 Posted June 14, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Can someone please explain to them that the lens isn't made in Germany? Save all the grief later on.Great! I'm trying to avoid buying new German-made lenses — too expensive. —Mitch/Bangkok Beijing Rhythms Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marknorton Posted June 14, 2011 Share #8 Posted June 14, 2011 ...and the Noctilux in Canada... Not any more. The original 50mm f1 was made in Canada but that lens is now long gone. The current 50mm f0.95 lens is made in Solms. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmradman Posted July 10, 2011 Share #9 Posted July 10, 2011 Not any more. The original 50mm f1 was made in Canada but that lens is now long gone. The current 50mm f0.95 lens is made in Solms. And what about first original f1.2 http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-wiki.en/index.php/50mm_f/1.2_Noctilux Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lct Posted July 10, 2011 Share #10 Posted July 10, 2011 With the creation of this lens Leica Summilux DG 25mm F1.4 we have a new set of four thirds leica shooters... Thanks for sharing. I would be much interested if i were after half frame cameras. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
delander † Posted July 10, 2011 Share #11 Posted July 10, 2011 Strategy In General Panasonic Cooperation The Panasonic cooperation will continue More compact cameras to come Leica and Micro FourThirds Leica is not going to offer MFT cameras Leica may offer MFT lenses MFT is an interesting system Sensor size is a very limiting factor Perhaps not so limiting today as it was in 2009. Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhsimmonds Posted July 23, 2011 Share #12 Posted July 23, 2011 A really good big one will always beat a good little one! When it comes to sensors, size really does matter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted July 27, 2011 Share #13 Posted July 27, 2011 CV's 25mm f/.95 is sharp and amazingly sharp at mid-f-stops and focuses very close. Too bad it's not autofocus. But I'm saving for the S2, so no more M43 stuff, however attractive that lens may be. But why would it attract more Leica users? Does the V-Lux interchange lenses? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holybasil Posted July 28, 2011 Share #14 Posted July 28, 2011 CV's 25mm f/.95 is sharp and amazingly sharp at mid-f-stops and focuses very close. Too bad it's not autofocus. But I'm saving for the S2, so no more M43 stuff, however attractive that lens may be. But why would it attract more Leica users? Does the V-Lux interchange lenses? The C/V 25 is dreamy, but it's anything but sharp wide open. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted July 28, 2011 Share #15 Posted July 28, 2011 The C/V 25 is dreamy, but it's anything but sharp wide open. I repeat: Does the V-Lux interchange lenses? If it does not, then that new 25mm will just attract more Panasonic users than Leica users because we can't use it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjh Posted July 28, 2011 Share #16 Posted July 28, 2011 What has the V-Lux (which V-Lux?) got to do with it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted July 28, 2011 Share #17 Posted July 28, 2011 What has the V-Lux (which V-Lux?) got to do with it? The OP opined that the new 25mm lens would bring more people to Leica, but the lens in question fits none of the Leicas made, does it? It would fit the Lumix G*, but does the V-Lux accept lenses other than the one it comes with? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjh Posted July 28, 2011 Share #18 Posted July 28, 2011 The OP opined that the new 25mm lens would bring more people to Leica, but the lens in question fits none of the Leicas made, does it? It’s an MFT lens so it fits various MFT cameras from Olympus and Panasonic. But then, nobody claimed it could be used with a Leica camera, just that it is a Leica lens, if only nominally. The OP (who has since left the forum so we cannot ask him what exactly he had meant) seemed to imply that buying that lens would turn those buyers into “Leica shooters”. but does the V-Lux accept lenses other than the one it comes with? This has as much to do with the V-Lux-1, V-Lux-2, V-Lux 20, or V-Lux 30 models as it has to with a C-Lux or D-Lux, namely nothing. Neither of those support changing the lens. You might ask whether an MFT lens could be adapted to an M or S and the answer would be that no, it could not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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