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Leica APO-Vario-Elmar-TL 55-135mm f/3.5-4.5 ASPH

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A zoom lens by Leica for APS-C cameras, 55-135mm f/3.5-4.5. Telephoto zoom, about 80-200mm equivalent, with no stabilisation.

MakerLeica
Focal length55-135mm (zoom)
Maximum aperturef/3.5-4.5 (it gets darker as you zoom in)
Made forAPS-C sensors
MountsL-Mount
Stabilisedno
Autofocusyes

What it frames like

142435508513520040080082-202mm equiv.55-135mm on APS-C
Its full-frame-equivalent focal length on the sensor it was made for.
APS-C 82mm · 25°
How wide 55mm sees at its wide end on each sensor it covers.
f/3.5
f/3.5 wide open, to scale against f/1.4.
  • On APS-C (L-Mount): like 82-202mm on full frame; f/3.5-4.5 gives about the depth of field of f/5.2-6.8 there.
  • On the larger-sensor bodies of L-Mount: it works with the camera in a APS-C crop mode, at fewer megapixels.

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See what it frames: its view on the Leica TL2 at any distance, and its depth of field, drawn to scale.