Leica Camera AG, Panasonic och Sigma kallar det för L-Mount Alliance – ett samarbete om framtida spegellösa systemkameror i fullformat samt objektiv och tillbehör. Allt med bajonettfästet som Leica tog fram till sin LS-kamera.
Leica använder samma stora öppning med den kort registreringsavstånd även i Leica CL och SA, vilket innebär att kommande objektiv med L-Mount-systemet även kan användas med de kamerorna.
Ännu så länge är det bara Panasonic som har lanserat en ny produkt som bygger på L-Mount Alliance: Panasonic Lumix S, en spegellös systemkamera i fullformat som släpps 2019.
Flera produkter under samma paraply förväntas, men det kan dröja tills våren 2019 innan vi får veta mer.
Från pressmeddelandet:
Dr. Andreas Kaufmann, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Leica Camera AG and majority shareholder: “For photographers, the ability to choose from a wide range of lenses for their system of preference is extremely important. Especially in the strongly growing market for mirrorless system cameras, users seek increasingly greater product diversity to fulfil a wide range of different photographic needs. We have therefore decided to work together with prominent partners in the photographic segment as an immediate response to these needs.
Our long-established partnership with Panasonic is a collaboration based on mutual trust, and the company’s expertise in the area of electronics is unquestioned. Sigma is also a highly respected company that has become firmly established especially in the areas of optical design and lens manufacturing and is able to perfectly complement our existing portfolio of L- Mount products. We are convinced that we and our partners can realise mutual and sustainable growth for all our products.”