LBJ2 wrote: Surfnsun wrote:
A stacked sensor SL would be hard for me to ignore. I think it’d pull a surprising number of enthusiasts away from Sony, Canon, and Nikon too. Probably Not working pros, but the people already buying flagship bodies because they love photography. That’s Leica’s customer. IMO.
Pros buy tools. Enthusiasts buy experiences.
I still want to get my A1 II before that happens. The SL system feels like my retirement camera. Few more years.
Now that I see what one firmware update did to significantly improve the SL3's AF and tracking capabilities and now with the SL3-P, I am encouraged there could be some sort of stacked sensor in Leica's future. With the announcement that Leica is working with a new company to design and manufacture Leica specialized sensor(s) I am definitely intrigued with what could/might be.
The in house designed Leica sensor will be super fast and high resolution. It is the prime focus of the development effort.
Contrary to what we read from some on the forum, I think(IMO) the SL3 sold relatively well. Not so much the SL3-S ( which btw never went out of stock from what I observed), but the SL3 was out of stock everywhere for months ( hence my arm-chair analytics) . * I was however told the SL2-S sold more than the SL2 but overall the SL2 system sold well as we can see by who else has these cameras. AKA the SL system has sold at least enough for Leica to continue to invest and further the system. The new SL3-P again is encouraging for the SL system ( let's see if it goes out of stock any time soon). And all those practical and smaller Leica SL primes and zooms that have come out in the last few years might indicate Leica is considering mirrorless mainstream at some point. Or maybe premium mirrorless mainstream 😎
I think I agree with your arm-chair analysis. It is also my impression that the Leica SL bodies, except indeed the SL3-S, were decent sellers. That being said, I think the main (perceived) issue is with the lenses. The last Leica designed lens before the current announcement was the APO Summicron-SL 21mm released in 2023 (but already announced in 2018). A lot of people simply only shoot M-lenses and Sigma/Panasonic lenses on an SL and for Leica, although short-sighted in my opinion, rebadging a Sigma or Panasonic lens requires much less R&D and the profit margin is often very high, just compare the $497.99 (with discount even $347.99 last week) of the Panasonic LUMIX S 50mm f/1.8 Lens with the $2,350.00 of the Leica Summicron-SL 50mm f/2 ASPH.
Jun 28, 2026 at 02:47 PM
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