Leica has announced that
the Leica APO Vario Elmarit SL 90-280mm f/2.8-4 lens is now officially
available.
Here is the full press
release from Leica:
LEICA APO-VARIO-ELMARIT-SL 90-280mm f/2.8-4 versatile
zoom lens designed for a wide range of situations, from close-ups to travel to
sports photography
Leica Camera has today
announced the latest addition to the Leica SL-System lens portfolio: the Leica
APO-Vario-Elmarit-SL 90–280 mm f/2.8-4.
Available from 24 March
2016, this fast telephoto zoom lens offers a range of focal lengths that
follows on directly from the Leica Vario-Elmarit-SL 24–90 mm f/2.8–4 ASPH.,
which launched with the SL camera at the end of last year. Together, these two
lenses cover focal lengths spanning 24 to 280mm, providing the versatility to
shoot a multitude of subjects and situations – from close-ups to travel and
sports photography.
The Leica
APO-Vario-Elmarit-SL 90–280 mm f/2.8-4 is characterized by its incredibly high
speed and offers outstanding optical and mechanical precision. Its integrated
optical image stabilization (OIS) enables exposure times to be increased by up
to 3.5 stops, and guarantees shake-free hand-held photography even at telephoto
settings.
Furthermore, this
exceptional zoom lens features an entirely new design, with dual internal
focusing that ensures extremely fast and quiet autofocus, and delivers
consistently impressive imaging performance at distances from infinity to its
close focusing limit.
With a close focusing
distance of 0.6 meters at 90mm and 1.4 meters at 280mm, and a reproduction
ratio of 1:4.8 to 1:5, this versatile lens is particularly useful for close-up
photography.
As with all Leica lenses,
the Leica APO-Vario-Elmarit-SL 90–280 mm f/2.8-4 was designed and developed by
Leica’s optical specialists in Wetzlar, Germany, combining outstanding optical
expertise, cutting-edge technology and premium materials – guaranteeing the
consistently high quality that Leica photographers have come to expect. The
design of the Leica APO-Vario-Elmarit-SL 90–280 mm f/2.8-4 comprises 23
elements (in seven moving groups), seven of which are made from glass with
anomalous partial dispersion, ensuring minimal chromatic aberration. The
movement of the two focusing elements is provided by newly developed drive
technology with linear positioning of the lenses by stepping motors.
This means the overall
length of the lens does not change when either focusing or zooming. In
addition, the lens hood supplied with the lens suppresses undesirable
reflections and stray light, and prevents the risk of flare.
Furthermore, the Leica
APO-Vario-Elmarit-SL 90–280 mm f/2.8-4 is sealed against dust and splash-proof,
to protect it from the elements.
The Leica
APO-Vario-Elmarit-SL 90–280 mm f/2.8-4 features a detachable tripod plate to
connect the lens to a tripod for easier handling. Its ergonomic design makes
the lens easier to carry by hand and also allows the attachment of a lens belt.
A lockable rotating tripod collar ensures the lens can be fixed at any angle,
and features detents every 90 degrees for rapid switching from landscape to
portrait format.
The current Leica
SL-System portfolio will be extended later this year with the addition of the
Leica Summilux-SL 50 mm f/1.4 ASPH. prime lens (available in Q4 2016).
Furthermore, the extensive compatibility of the Leica SL-System gives
photographers access to the majority of Leica lenses ever produced. For example,
all Leica T lenses can be mounted on the Leica SL without an adapter, while the
M-Adapter T enables the use of almost all Leica M-Lenses constructed since
1954. In addition, Leica S-Lenses can be mounted with the S-Adapter L
(available in May 2016), and the forthcoming R-Adapter (available Q3 2016) will
allow Leica R-System lenses to be used with the SL camera.
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