helged Posted July 28 Share #1 Posted July 28 Advertisement (gone after registration) Apparently, Leica is working on a 135mm APO in L-mount: https://leicarumors.com/2025/07/28/new-leica-apo-sl-135mm-lens-confirmed-by-peter-karbe.aspx/ 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted July 28 Posted July 28 Hi helged, Take a look here Leica APO SL135mm Æ. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
robb Posted July 28 Share #2 Posted July 28 Sounds great to me. Hopefully a summicron, but as long as an apo, I’d be fine to go elmarit… Robb 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LD_50 Posted July 29 Share #3 Posted July 29 I hope they release this! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MediaFotografie Posted July 29 Share #4 Posted July 29 vor 1 Stunde schrieb LD_50: I hope they release this! and before 2030 🙂 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
beewee Posted July 29 Share #5 Posted July 29 (edited) 39 minutes ago, MediaFotografie said: and before 2030 🙂 Don’t worry, it’s ’on the roadmap’! 😉 Edited July 29 by beewee 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeleElmar135mm Posted July 30 Share #6 Posted July 30 (edited) Shit happens .... here the correction from the magazine: They make a mistake in translation. As I always say German is not so easy and Wetzlar - German (Hessisch) is even more difficult. Here the text: Dear reader, This is about a deviation we have found in our Interview to Peter Karbe concerning the question about a future 135mm APO lens. We have corrected this mistake and than that part of the interview reads as follows: Karbe: That would be nice (laughs) [“That would be nice” in German is: “das ware schön”, but Peter sounds, with accent from Wetzlar, something like: “das schon wir”, and that translates something like “that we already”, so we misunderstand that and in that instant of time we think Leica prepares a 135mm SL lens. In short: We can not confirm there will be a 135mm lens in the short future] The link for the corrected version of TCFW is the following one: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XQrjpZ7OBrArDul1hj0_MDmDcObsRrsP/view?usp=sharing Please delete the old file. We sincerely apologize for this transcription mistake. Sincerely, Luis Argüelles-Méndez Editor-in-Chief, The Camera from Wetzlar www.club-wetzlar.com Edited July 30 by TeleElmar135mm 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocalHero1953 Posted July 30 Share #7 Posted July 30 Advertisement (gone after registration) Other gospel statements from Leica that may have been misheard and mistranslated: We can easily make a hybrid OVF/EVF viewfinder for the Leica M. M = Messsucher-Ersatz Das Unwesentliche Please add your own. 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markey Posted July 30 Share #8 Posted July 30 (edited) After reading this I found myself consulting Wikki . Not about language differences but the spelling of Fred Karno. Edited July 30 by Markey Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planetwide Posted August 20 Share #9 Posted August 20 rumours of a Sigma 135mm F1.4 https://www.sonyalpharumors.com/worlds-first-sigmas-never-seen-before-ultimate-portrait-lens-is-coming-soon-here-are-the-specs/#google_vignette 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
helged Posted August 29 Author Share #10 Posted August 29 (edited) On 8/20/2025 at 4:22 AM, Planetwide said: rumours of a Sigma 135mm F1.4 https://www.sonyalpharumors.com/worlds-first-sigmas-never-seen-before-ultimate-portrait-lens-is-coming-soon-here-are-the-specs/#google_vignette To be released on Sep 9 & it looks good. https://www.l-rumors.com/exclusive-first-leaked-image-of-the-bokeh-king-sigma-135mm-f-1-4 Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Edited August 29 by helged 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/423347-leica-apo-sl135mm-%C3%A6/?do=findComment&comment=5855723'>More sharing options...
Stuart Richardson Posted September 18 Share #11 Posted September 18 (edited) Has anyone tried the 135mm 1.4 yet? The MTF look insane, considering they are done at 1.4. Obviously it is a beast of a lens, but it looks like it also has incredible performance. I would love to try one, though I don't think I really have much use for it, haha. I still have my 120mm APO Macro Summarit S, which is seemingly in a similar wheelhouse, albeit with slightly larger DOF. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Edited September 18 by Stuart Richardson 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/423347-leica-apo-sl135mm-%C3%A6/?do=findComment&comment=5865080'>More sharing options...
Stuart Richardson Posted September 18 Share #12 Posted September 18 (edited) Just by comparison, here is the infinity mtf for the 120mm APO Macro Summarit S, which when it was made was probably one of the finest lenses ever made. This chart is 5, 10, 20, 40 and goes out to 27mm, so the 10, 30lpmm of the Sigma is not a 1 to 1, but given the S has the 20 and the 40, you can kind of place the 30lpmm in between. It is pretty clear that the Sigma is sharper even if you stop reading the S lens at the 35mm frame size. Don't get me wrong, I am not sure you would see a big difference in sharpness, but it goes to show just how good the Sigma lens probably is. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Edited September 18 by Stuart Richardson 2 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/423347-leica-apo-sl135mm-%C3%A6/?do=findComment&comment=5865082'>More sharing options...
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