News Viltrox is trying to get a L-Mount licence

[Quentinquirelino]

Viltrox officially started that they are in negotiations with Leica for a L-Mount licence:

Viltrox is officially negotiating with Leica for the L-mount licensing - L mount system camera rumors and news

Viltrox has officially confirmed via social networks that they are trying to obtain the license for the L-mount system. There are a large number of Chinese lens manufacturers, but Viltrox stands out for the outstanding image quality of its lenses. It would definitely be welcome news if Leica...

www.l-rumors.com

 

[dirk]

That would be nice!

 

[cascadian]

More options is good! I can only afford L, the 'eica' bit will never be in my budget.

 

[sergun80]

Interesting. Maybe we'll see the viltrox 28/1.8 L mount.

 

[Vale46]

That‘s very good. The 135mm 1.8 would be a great starter

 

[CMS]

For the S9, I am interested in the 28mm f4.5 pancake.

 

[Jonathan-Mac]

I have a couple of Viltrox lenses for my small Fujifilm setup and they are excellent and well-built. I'd be very happy to see them get an official license and start producing lenses that fill gaps - the 135mm and 28mm options already mentioned would be a great start!

 

[RuleOfThirds]

Already searching for Viltrox 135 & 28 reviews

 

[pdk42]

I know very little about Viltrox. Seems there are lots of bijou Chinese/Taiwan MF lens manufacturers already though (7Artisans, TTArtisan, Meike, Laowa, …), so I’m wondering what Viltrox can bring to the party. Hopefully they’ll bring us full AF lenses that are not just alternatives to existing Sigma/Panasonic options.