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Leica Elmarit-TL 18mm f/2.8 ASPH

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Prime lens

A prime lens by Leica for APS-C cameras, 18mm f/2.8. A pancake, about 27mm equivalent.

MakerLeica
Focal length18mm (prime)
Maximum aperturef/2.8
Made forAPS-C sensors
MountsL-Mount
Stabilisedno
Autofocusyes

What it frames like

142435508513520040080027mm equiv.18mm on APS-C
Its full-frame-equivalent focal length on the sensor it was made for.
APS-C 27mm · 67°
How wide 18mm sees on each sensor it covers.
f/2.8
f/2.8 wide open, to scale against f/1.4.
  • On APS-C (L-Mount): like 27mm on full frame; f/2.8 gives about the depth of field of f/4.2 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.