Endlessly Curious

Introducing a simple, interactive L-Mount lens table

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I have been an avid user of Micro Four Thirds cameras and lenses ever since I bought a Panasonic GX7 in 2013. One of the nice things about M43 is the availability of many lenses from many different manufacturers. On the flip side, it can be quite overwhelming to choose, especially as a Newbie. Which “normal prime” should I choose? What telephoto zooms are available for which budget? How heavy are they?

As such, one of the most used websites for me has been the the wonderful M43 Lenses site by John Barham. I’ve used this site countless times over the years. I always loved how fast, simple, straightforward, no-nonsenical this page is.

In 2018, I bought my first full-frame camera: the Panasonic S1. This camera uses the L-Mount, a lens mount standard developed originally by Leica. Today, this mount is jointly developed by Panasonic and Sigma through the L-Mount Alliance. For the first few year, the lens selection has been modest—especially if you rule out the arguably desireable but very expensive Leica lenses—so finding and choosing the right lens was not much of a challenge. But the L-Mount members have been gradually churning out more and more lenses and the L-Mount alliance has been steadily growing as well. Latest L-Mount alliance members include DJI, Samyang, Sirui, and Blackmagic.

So over the past couple of years, I have always wished there were something similar for L-Mount like my beloved https://www.m43lenses.com/ site. So I finally made one: the Interactive L-Mount Lens Table.

It is a list of (eventually) all native full-frame L-Mount lenses and their attributes. Every lens—e.g. the Pansonic 50m f/1.8—also has its own page with a specs table, the manufacturer’s description and link to their website for the lens, as well as links to written and YouTube reviews where available.

I hope you find it useful.

A few more notes on the lens table and lens info:

I hope you may find it useful.