L-Mount camera of the year 2025

[GeorgeHudetz]

"Great Lenses" (TM) produce images that have a subtle look/feel to them that lifts them above the mundane. A sort of feeling that a veil has been lifted from our eyes and suddenly the world is sharper and more vivid. It's not just resolving capability, but about the contrast across the fine details. I think "micro-contrast" is as good a way to describe it as anything else. Sometimes careful PP can make up for slightly inferior lenses, but it depends on the scene.

My Sigma 100mm macro I class as a "Great Lens". It's just uber, uber sharp with oodles of fine resolution and punchy contrast. My Sigma 35/2 get darned close to "Great Lens" too but it lags the 100mm by a smidgeon.

Amongst my zooms, the only one that gets close is the 70-200 f4 S-Pro. I can't say that I'm unhappy with the others I have (14-28, 24-105, 20-60), but they are just not quite at the same level.

Yes, I think we of a similar mind here. And yes, the Sigma 105 macro is one of those lenses.

From what I’ve read, the Leica 90-280 has that “Great Look” in spades. It’s huge, but, on the other hand, only 100g heavier than the S-Pro F2.8 with a 1.4x teleconverter. And I hate teleconverters - just don’t like thinking about when I should take them off, put them on, etc.

 

[pdk42]

Yes, I think we of a similar mind here. And yes, the Sigma 105 macro is one of those lenses.

From what I’ve read, the Leica 90-280 has that “Great Look” in spades. It’s huge, but, on the other hand, only 100g heavier than the S-Pro F2.8 with a 1.4x teleconverter. And I hate teleconverters - just don’t like thinking about when I should take them off, put them on, etc.

Yeah, the 90-280 interests me somewhat too. I like the focal length range and the image quality looks exceptional. But even ignoring the price, this is the problem:

There's a "mint" used one for sale at Wex in the UK at present - a snip at £3245!

USED Leica 90-280mm f2.8-4 APO-Vario-Elmarit-SL Lens | Wex Photo Video

www.wexphotovideo.com

 

[GeorgeHudetz]

Yeah, the 90-280 interests me somewhat too. I like the focal length range and the image quality looks exceptional. But even ignoring the price, this is the problem:

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There's a "mint" used one for sale at Wex in the UK at present - a snip at £3245!

USED Leica 90-280mm f2.8-4 APO-Vario-Elmarit-SL Lens | Wex Photo Video

www.wexphotovideo.com

Yup, that’s the one. Good lord. But, the looks we’d get from the iPhone photographers would be worth it, LOL. “LU-LUMIX. Huh. Oh, that says Leica. OK, cool."

Used, they are about $4k here.