(High credibility rumor):

Image on top shows the Leica SL with 24-90mm zoom lens.

Rich Leica fans be happy! If you don’t know hot to spend your $$$ the Leica SL will certainly help you. A Highly trusted source told me the Leica SL with 24-90mm kit lens will cost a little bit over 10.000 Euro! It means it costs more than a Leica M camera.

Reminder: Along the SL Leica will also announce those three lenses on October 20.

– Leica Vario-Elmarit-SL 1: 2.8-4 / 24-90 mm ASPH.
– Leica Apo-Vario-Elmarit-SL 1: 2.8-4 / 90-280 mm
– Leica Summilux-SL 1: 1.4 / 50 mm ASPH.

(High credibility rumor):

[shoplink 300350 ebay][/shoplink] The Loxia 21mm will be based on the [shoplink 300350 ebay]Zeiss 21mm f/2.8 Biogon ZM lens design (listed here on eBay)[/shoplink].

Highly trusted sources told us this: Zeiss will have two separate announcement next week:

On Monday October 12 at 11:00 Berlin time they will announce the Zeiss Loxia 21mm f/2.8 FE lens.
On Wednesday October 14 at 11:00 Berlin time they will announce the Zeiss Otus 28mm f/1.4 lens.

I don’t know yet if there will be any other new lens.

(Medium credibility rumor):

Fujirumors sources report that Sigma will no more launch any lens for the Fuji X-mount. Acording to FR Sigma motivated that decision with the following reason:

• Due the restricted market share, Sigma currently has no plans at all to release X-mount version of their lenses.

Well that would be very pit if true!

A short hint: What you see on that Diglloyd post (click here) could be the very first image samples shot on the soon to be announced new Otus 28mm f/1.4 lens! Why can we be almost sure this is the new lens?

1. Diglloyd did not unveil any lens info.
2. He is known for testing new Zeiss lenses in advance.

He writes about the “unknown” lens:

Of course, many lenses could not do anywhere near so well as here—this is excellence in flare control and maintenance of contrast in a blindingly bright sky/sun.

So is it the Otus he is talking about?

(High credibility rumor):

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Prepare your credit card if you want to buy some new high quality glass! We have just been told Zeiss plans an announcement someday between the week of October 12-16. What we can almost certainly expect to be announced are:

1. New Loxia FE 21mm f/2.8 lens. Based on the [shoplink 300350 ebay]Zeiss 21mm f/2.8 Biogon ZM lens design (listed here on eBay)[/shoplink].
2. New Zeiss Otus 28mm f/1.4 lens for Canon and Nikon mount.

I have no info yet about possible other lenses.

The official Olympus 300mm lens description. But unlike their announcement the lens will ship in 2016 only.

So what about Micro Four Thirds folks? What’s coming next? Well, for sure we know that you can expect to spend your hard-earned dollar on new huge telephoto lenses:

1. Olympus 300mm f/4.0 PRO lens.
2. Panasonic-Leica 100-400mm f/4.0-6.3.

The two new lenses will have three things in common:
1) Both lenses will ship in Spring
2) Both are rumored to have a price tag close to $2,000.
3) Both will have in lens stabilization.

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