Lens mounts · Leica L
Leica L mount: cameras, lenses & what adapts
The L-Mount Alliance mount shared by Leica, Panasonic Lumix and Sigma, so three makers' full-frame lenses all count as native.
Full frame imaging circle· 20.00mm flange distance· Mirrorless, since 2014
Cameras on Leica L
Every body in the catalogue that takes Leica L lenses, newest first. Prices are the best new price from a UK retailer we track.
Lens range
130 Leica L lenses in the catalogue. Native means made by a company that also makes Leica L bodies; third-party is everyone else.
Best Leica L lenses by genre
Top three per genre from the lens engine, scored on this lens's own format. The same scores you see on each lens page; Gear Builder re-scores them for the exact body you pick.
Flange distance & adapting
A plain adapter is a spacer: it can only add distance between lens and sensor. Glass from a mount with a longer flange distance adapts cleanly onto Leica L; glass from a shorter one needs corrective optics.
- Type
- Mirrorless
- Coverage
- Full frame
- Crop factor
- 1.00×
- Maker
- Leica
- Introduced
- 2014
Lenses you can put on a Leica L body
29 other mounts adapt onto Leica L without corrective glass. Focus and framing only; autofocus and aperture control depend on the adapter.
Adapters we list for Leica L bodies
- Urth Canon (EF/EF-S) Lens Mount to Leica L Camera Mount Canon EF lenses · manual
- Urth Canon FD Lens Mount to Leica L Camera Mount Canon FD lenses · manual
- Urth Contax/Yashica (C/Y) Lens Mount to Leica L Camera Mount Contax/Yashica lenses · manual
- Urth Konica AR Lens Mount to Leica L Camera Mount Konica AR lenses · manual
- Leica M-Adapter L Leica M lenses · manual · 4 options
- Leica R-Adapter L Leica R lenses · manual · 2 options
- Urth M39 Lens Mount to Leica L Camera Mount Leica Screw Mount (M39) lenses · manual
- Urth M42 Lens Mount to Leica L Camera Mount M42 lenses · manual
- Urth Minolta Rokkor (SR/MD/MC) Lens Mount to Leica L Camera Mount Minolta SR lenses · manual
- Urth Sony A (Minolta AF) Lens Mount to Leica L Camera Mount Minolta/Sony A lenses · manual
- Urth Nikon F (G-Type) Lens Mount to Leica L Camera Mount Nikon F lenses · manual · 3 options
- Urth Olympus OM Lens Mount to Leica L Camera Mount Olympus OM lenses · manual
- Urth Pentax K Lens Mount to Leica L Camera Mount Pentax K lenses · manual
- Sigma MC-21 L-Mount Adapter for Sigma SA Sigma SA lenses · autofocus
Where Leica L lenses can go
Current camera mounts that accept Leica L glass: 6 with a plain or thin adapter.
How deep is the Leica L lens range?
The lens-ecosystem scores Camera Match uses when it ranks Leica L bodies for wildlife, sports, portrait, macro, food, architecture and astro. Scored 0–10 from the native lenses buyable new, with the reasoning shown.
Sigma 150-600 DG DN Sports (£1,199), Sigma 100-400 DG DN (~£899), Lumix S 70-300 (~£1,100) under £1,500; Lumix S 100-500 (£1,799), Sigma 500 f/5.6 Sports (~£2,999); solid glass but no first-party 600 mm prime and AF-C tracking behind Sony/Canon/Nikon. Source ↗
Sigma 85 f/1.4 and 135 f/1.8 DG DN Art, Lumix S 85 f/1.8, Leica APO-Summicron-SL 75 f/2 and 90 f/2, Leica Summilux-SL 50 (outside), Sigma 105 f/2.8 Macro — from £500 to £5,000. Source ↗
Sigma 105 f/2.8 DG DN Macro (1:1), Sigma 70 f/2.8 Macro Art (1:1), Lumix S 100 f/2.8 Macro (1:1), Laowa 100 2× in L-mount. Source ↗
Sigma 14-24 f/2.8 DG DN, Lumix S 14-28 f/4-5.6, Leica Super-Vario-Elmarit-SL 14-24, Laowa 15 f/4.5 Shift and 20 f/4 Shift in L-mount; no tilt-shift. Source ↗
Sigma 14 f/1.4 DG DN Art (the widest f/1.4), Sigma 20 f/1.4 and 24 f/1.4 DG DN, Sigma 14-24 f/2.8, Lumix S 18 f/1.8, Lumix S 14-28. Source ↗
Batteries, cards & filters for Leica L
The battery models and card types Leica L bodies use, and the most common filter threads on Leica L lenses. Each links to the cameras or lenses that share it and what to buy.
Next step
Lens counts and picks come from the catalogue and the lens engine, so they change as lenses are added. Ecosystem scores are researched per mount with a source and feed Camera Match's lens-range feature. How scoring works · All mounts