Panasonic, Leica, Sigma form strategic partnership

Panasonic, Leica, Sigma form strategic partnership

Berlin: SIGMA Corporation CEO Kazuto Yamaki (L), and Panasonic Corporation Executive Officer Junicgiro Kitagawa (R) during a joint press conference to announce L-Mount Alliance in Berlin, Germany on Sept 25, 2018. (Photo: IANS)

Cologne (Germany), Sep 25 (IANS) In a significant development in the world of camera, Panasonic, Leica and Sigma on Tuesday joined hands to create the "L-Mount Alliance" for full-frame and APS-C sensor cameras.

The alliance will support Leica's L-Mount system that was first launched in 2014.

Leica Camera's L-Mount makes it possible to use replacement lenses that meet the L-Mount of the partners.

"Expressiveness is further enhanced by increasing options for replacement lenses," Panasonic said during the "Photokina" exhibition here.

The L-Mount has a diameter of 51.6 mm, and is suitable for use with full-frame cameras as well as APS-C sensors when the flange distance is 20 mm.

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