New Leica 100-400 and 105

[Jeffry Abt]

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I appreciate your concern about my financial well-being.

[dem331]

Today in the Leica store in Madrid they told me that the 21mm and the 100-400mm was about to be announced. No big news, but I thought I would just mention it. 

[kobra]

Yes, a Leica dealer shared that they were expecting the announcements in January... will have to be pretty soon to make that come true  

A couple other comments from the dealer;

-they believe the 100-400 will be like the 24-70 (a Sigma design that is improved by Leica), but that the Macro was to be a Leica design and not a reworking of the Sigma 105.

-even though Leica announced the SL21 and 24 at the same time, it seems very unlikely that the 24 gets announced any time soon.

-lastly, the dealer confirmed that this year will be a focus for Leica on the SL platform and that we should expect many announcements in the next 12 months or so. 

I do they are correct, because I have a "focus" on my SL platform this year too! 

Brad

 

[helged]

From the Rumor site regarding 18-50, 100-400, 105, 2x, and SL3 (no mention of the 21, but this is said to be around the corner):

https://leicarumors.com/2023/02/10/the-latest-leica-sl-camera-and-lens-rumors.aspx/

Edited February 11, 2023 by helged

[SrMi]

6 hours ago, helged said:

From the Rumor site regarding 18-50, 100-400, 105, 2x, and SL3 (no mention of the 21, but this is said to be around the corner):

https://leicarumors.com/2023/02/10/the-latest-leica-sl-camera-and-lens-rumors.aspx/

The rumor about 18-50 is strange. Wouldn't that be an APS-C lens? Sigma's 18-50 is a great lens for CL/TL2.

[helged]

6 hours ago, SrMi said:

The rumor about 18-50 is strange. Wouldn't that be an APS-C lens? Sigma's 18-50 is a great lens for CL/TL2.

Hard to imagine a APS-C lens from Leica, after the CL exit. Either a FF version, or nothing at all. 

[JIEFACHE]

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According to the quite reliable "Ephotozine" review site, the 100-400 so-called Leica lens is mediocre at best.

Anyway, I'll never understand why I should buy a non-oem lens for a Leica camera. The SL2 is already years behind the latest canons Nikons etc...but the REAL Leica lenses are absolutely superb and THE reason to buy the bodies. If I wanted a Sigma - they can be quite good- I'd certainly buy a much less expensive and more advanced body (AF!).

Better crop the wonderful 90-280, and get much better results.

But, since I love Leica optics, I'll accept their not so convincing SL 2 bodies.

Edited August 8, 2023 by JIEFACHE

[Simone_DF]

13 hours ago, JIEFACHE said:

Anyway, I'll never understand why I should buy a non-oem lens for a Leica camera. The SL2 is already years behind the latest canons Nikons etc...but the REAL Leica lenses are absolutely superb and THE reason to buy the bodies. If I wanted a Sigma - they can be quite good- I'd certainly buy a much less expensive and more advanced body (AF!).

Because a person may want a Leica body for some reasons (UI, handling, colors, appearance, prestige, "red dot", whatever it is that tick your boxes, you name it), and a Sigma / Panasonic lens for others, like size, weight, manual aperture, price etc etc. 

Moreover, Leica is rebadging Sigmas and Panasonic lenses to resell them at a premium, but it also mean these lenses are more than worthy to be used on a Leica.