Macro lenses for SL2.. what have we got? What are we using?

[JohnathanLovm]

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3 hours ago, helged said:

I wonder whether the rumored Leica SL makro lens will be based on the 100mm Panasonic, or the Sigma 105mm, or something in-house made. 

Based on Leica’s recent activities, the Panasonic version will be most likely to be based on. 

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[huwm]

Ive had the Sigma 70 and 105 macros

The 105 was terrific but too big for me as a carry around 'in case' lens so I let it go.

Will definitely give the Panasonic a go, it will match up with my 50 and 85 nicely

 

[Photoworks]

the New 100 Macro has lots of promises, Faster AF, does not grow in size, 300g, macro 1:1

[MediaFotografie]

vor 19 Stunden schrieb JohnathanLovm:

Based on Leica’s recent activities, the Panasonic version will be most likely to be based on. 

I'm not sure, we will see; at the moment we don't know much about optical performance of the new Pana Macro whereas Sigma's is very good

[Olaf_ZG]

My dealer listed it at 1100€, about 35% more expensive as the 105 from Sigma…

[goodbokeh]

I'm expecting the Leica SL 100mm Asph version of this Panasonic lens will be around $2995 US...

Edited January 9, 2024 by goodbokeh
Revised the price upwards.

[Stuart Richardson]

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Thanks...it seems not to be marketed as an APO lens, right? Will be interesting to see what the performance is like when compared to the Sigma. I have found the Sigma to be excellent. I cannot really find any technical information from Panasonic at all, just a press release. One nice thing is that if Leica does adopt it, there will at least be some good MTF's to compare it. That said, I am sure the image quality will be very good, and this seems like an excellent choice for a general purpose medium telephoto that can also focus extremely close. Remains to be seen if the Sigma is optically better for people who are more concerned about optics than size. I will say though that I did not find the Sigma particularly large or heavy, but before the SL2 I was using the 120mm APO Macro S, which is quite bulky and heavy by comparison.

[goodbokeh]

That's right, not an APO lens. Here's a review from Gordon Laing/Camera Labs (highly recommended):

 

 

[helged]

9 hours ago, Stuart Richardson said:

Thanks...it seems not to be marketed as an APO lens, right? Will be interesting to see what the performance is like when compared to the Sigma. I have found the Sigma to be excellent. I cannot really find any technical information from Panasonic at all, just a press release. One nice thing is that if Leica does adopt it, there will at least be some good MTF's to compare it. That said, I am sure the image quality will be very good, and this seems like an excellent choice for a general purpose medium telephoto that can also focus extremely close. Remains to be seen if the Sigma is optically better for people who are more concerned about optics than size. I will say though that I did not find the Sigma particularly large or heavy, but before the SL2 I was using the 120mm APO Macro S, which is quite bulky and heavy by comparison.

MTF's of the two (post #8) :

 

Edited January 10, 2024 by helged