Will the SL ever become a full system?

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As has been stated, the R system included a lot of collaboration with other brands like Minolta, Sigma, Angenieux etc to create the complete system the OP speaks of. The L mount alliance appears to be an overt logical development of that strategy. It offers high quality lenses of almost all types, with the exception of tilt-shift and bellows lenses, just from different companies.

The L mount alliance also offers bodies for all situations, from small and discreet like the Panasonic S9 and Sigma fp and BF, to full fledged pro bodies like the Panasonic S1H for video, S1 II and S1R II for hybrid shooting, and the SL3 and SL3-S for the Leica minded. And if I can shoot sports successfully with earlier gen Panasonic S5 and S1 bodies, then the latest gen bodies with phase detection AF like the SL3-S, S1 II and S1R II can shoot sports even better.

My only gripe is that the L mount alliance never stipulated a zoom lens ring direction, as I'm very used to the direction that Panasonic lenses turn, and get thrown off when using lenses that turn in the direction of the majority of Sigma zooms.

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On 10/4/2025 at 1:00 PM, beewee said:

Panasonic owns the patent for the 90-280. Minolta owns the patent for the SL 16-35. It’s not clear if Leica owns the 24-90 design but the optical formula has Sigma’s fingerprints all over it.

The Leica SL 16-35mm is based on a Minolta patent? That's surprising, given that Minolta's IP was sold to Sony in the medieval period of digital cameras.

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Konica Minolta is a separate entity in the Sony conglomerate. 
They are owned by Sony and operate as a multinational company  

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konica_Minolta