During a recent L-Mount Alliance live event at the 2025 CP+ show in Japan, Kaoru Mokunaka, Chief Leica Camera Representative for Japan said the following: There are seven member companies in the L-Mount Alliance (Leica, Panasonic, Sigma, DJI, Blackmagicdesign, SAMYANG, and ASTRO), but there are several other companies that have expressed interest in joining and […]
The previously rumored Panasonic Lumix S1R II camera is now officially announced: Orders: Adorama | B&H Photo | Erhardt | Koch | Calumet | WEX Additional information Product page Features: Lifelike detail with the new 44.3MP sensor AFC 40 fps burst shooting High-resolution and wide dynamic range Phase Hybrid AF with advanced AI technology Active I.S. […]
Viltrox is trying to join the L-Mount Alliance, according to this post on YouTube: There are already several Chinese companies that make L-mount lenses without officially being part of the L-Mount Alliance:
Panasonic made several L-mount announcements today: The previously reported Panasonic Lumix S 18-40mm f/4.5-6.3 lens is officially released – the world’s smallest and lightest zoom lens. New firmware updates (will be available tomorrow on this page). For the European market only, Panasonic announced a new Lumix S5D full-frame camera with a LiDAR autofocusing system […]
Samyang is getting close to releasing their first AF 35-150mm f/2-2.8 lens for Leica L-mount (the lens already exists for E-mount). The official announcement date is scheduled for June 4th, 2024. This will be Samyang’s first L-mount lens since they joined the L-mount alliance:
Samyang joined the L-mount Alliance in July 2023. The first Samyang lens for L-mount was rumored to be the AF 35-150mm f/2-2.8. These rumors are now confirmed – at the 2024 CP+ show in Japan Samyang had on display the new/upcoming AF 35-150mm f/2-2.8 lens for Leica L-mount:
A new set of Panasonic S1 II/ S1 IIx camera specifications is making rounds on the Internet in the past few days – not sure how reliable this information is:
Both Leica and Panasonic are rumored to announce new L-mount cameras in the next few months:
Leica announced the previously rumored wide-angle full-frame SL lenses (L-Mount): Leica Super-APO-Summicron-SL 21mm f/2 ASPH Leica Super-Vario-Elmarit-SL 14-24mm f/2.8 ASPH Pre-orders are open at B&H Photo | WEX | Foto Koch. Additional information is available here: Leica announced two new wide-angle SL lenses: 21mm f/2 & 14-24mm f/2.8
Panasonic published an updated L-mount lens roadmap in Germany for September 2023 with four new lenses:
The previously reported Panasonic S-series lens roadmap for L-mount is now officially announced – two new lenses were added:
Panasonic China has scheduled an L-mount related press conference for August 10 at 1:00 pm at the P&I show exhibition area (Photo & Imaging Shanghai 2023). We will probably see some new L-mount product announcements. I expect several new products announcement in the next few days (Tamron and maybe even Nikon). Via LeicaRumors
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