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Leica’s New Lenses for The SL System Target Portrait Photographers

Chris Gampat
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01/15/2018
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There’s the brand new APO-Summicron-SL 75mm f2 ASPH. and the APO-Summicron-SL 90mm f2 ASPH.

If you have any major doubts about the Leica SL camera system, you should perhaps reconsider. Not only does it have a great sensor at the heart, but it also is built like an absolute tank of a camera. Is it expensive? Yes. But you’ll be getting a number of very nice lenses such as the newly announced Leica APO-Summicron-SL 75mm f2 ASPH. and the Leica APO-Summicron-SL 90mm f2 ASPH. These lenses are targeted at the portrait photographer and at photographers who want technical masterpieces from their glass.

In the press release, Leica talks about how much engineering went into these lenses to make them really lightweight and to also ensure chromatic aberration and color fringing do not happen. There isn’t very much said about weather sealing, but Leica’s lenses for the SL system tend to do this, to the best of my knowledge.

 In terms of pricing, the APO-Summicron-SL 75mm f/2 ASPH. will be $4,750.00, and the APO-Summicron-SL 90mm f/2 ASPH. $5,150.00. Those are some pretty pricey options in my opinion. But if you had to go into the arctic or extreme places and needed the most reliable gear you could possibly get, then this is it.

Technical data:

Lens APO-Summicron-SL 75 mm f/2 ASPH. APO-Summicron-SL 90 mm f/2 ASPH.
 
Angle of view

(diagonal, horizontal, vertical)

 31.8°/26.7°/18.0° 27.3 / 22.9 / 15.4 °
 
Optical design
Number of elements/groups 11/9 11/9
Number of asphericals 1 1
Position of entrance pupil in front of the bayonet flange 35.4 mm 22.9 mm
Focusing
Working range 0.5 m to infinity 0.6 m to infinity
Smallest object field 120 × 180 mm 120 × 180 mm
Largest reproduction ratio 1:5 1:5
Aperture
Settings/functions Electronically controlled iris, setting with the camera clickwheel control, half-stop settings possible Electronically controlled iris, setting with the camera clickwheel control, half-stop settings possible
Aperture setting range 2 – 22 2 – 22
Smallest aperture 22 22
Bayonet/sensor format Leica L-bayonet, full-frame 35 mm format Leica L-bayonet, full-frame 35 mm format
 
Filter thread E67 E67
 
Dimensions and weight
Length to bayonet flange 102 mm 102 mm
Largest diameter 73 mm 73 mm
Weight 720 g 700 g

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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