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Leica Vario-Elmar-SL 100-400mm f/5-6.3 Lens
Product Code: L242527S
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The Leica Vario-Elmar-SL 100-400mm f/5-6.3 is a compact L mount telephoto zoom lens, ideal for sports, wildlife, bird photography and action, which delivers high image quality over the entire zoom and aperture range.
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We Love
- Versatile 100-400mm telephoto zoom range which can be extended to 140-560mm with the optional Extender L 1.4x.
- High image quality for both stills and video with a lightweight, portable design for outdoor creators
- Built-in optical stabilisation helps to capture sharp results even in low light and fast autofocus for moving subjects
- Detachable Arca-Swiss compatible tripod foot negates the need for an additional quick-release plate
- 90º rotating tripod clamp for quick compositional changes between vertical and horizontal shooting
Leica Vario-Elmar-SL 100-400mm f/5-6.3 Lens Summary
Boasting a compact design and extremely high image quality even when wide open, the Leica Vario-Elmar-SL 100-400mm f/5-6.3 Lens offers SL-system photographers and videographers the widest range available. The zoom provides an effective 100-400mm telephoto focal range, which is ideal for a number of distant subjects, including wildlife, birds, sports and action in particular.
The L mount lens features built-in optical stabilisation to help capture sharp results, even in low light situations, and the focal range can be extended to 140-560mm when using the newly developed Leica Extender L 1.4x.
Leica has included an Arca-Swiss compatible, detachable tripod base and a time-saving lockable tripod clamp. This handy feature allows you to rotate the lens through 90º for swift changes between vertical and horizontal compositions, without the need for an additional tripod plate.
Key Leica Vario-Elmar-SL 100-400 f/5-6.3 Lens Features
- High quality optical design for L mount cameras
- Built-in optical stabiliser
- Compatible with the 1.4x Leica L extender
- Lockable tripod clamp for quick switches between vertical and horizontal shooting
- Arca-Swiss compatible, detachable tripod foot
What’s in the box
- Leica Vario-Elmar-SL 100-400mm f/5-6.3 Lens for L mount
- Lens hood
- Lens caps
- Lens bag
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| Focal length: 100-400 mm |
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| Maximum focal length: 400 |
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| Minimum focal length: 100 |
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| Best For Holiday and Landscape: N/A |
| Best For Interior and Architecture: N/A |
| Best For Fashion and Portrait: Yes |
| Best For Macro and Still Life: N/A |
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| Best For Wildlife and Sport: Yes |
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Our Verdict
This compact and relatively lightweight Leica lens provides the widest zoom range currently available for the SL system and boasts optical stabilisation to help maintain image sharpness when shooting handheld. It can be extended to 140-560mm via the optional Extender L 1.4x, providing excellent telephoto capabilities for the L mount system. This ensures creators who capture stills and video for popular subjects such as wildlife, bird photography and sports now have a competent telephoto zoom to work with.
The lens is ideal for both stills and video when using any L mount mirrorless camera such as the SL2 or SL2-S, with high image quality rendered across all apertures and focal widths, even with more distant subjects.
Leica has included an Arca-Swiss compatible, detachable tripod foot, which provides secure grip onto many tripods and monopods, without the need for a separate QR plate. Additionally the lens can be rotated and locked through 90º for easy switching between horizontal and vertical compositions. If you capture any telephoto subjects from landscapes to wildlife photography, the arrival of the Leica Vario-Elmar-SL 100-400 f/5-6.3 will be extremely welcome, and offers typical high quality, which we have come to enjoy from Leica
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Condition guide
Our used products are subject to wear and tear in comparison to brand new products. This also applies to accessories that are supplied with the camera including batteries which may have a lower optimum performance level/life expectancy.
- Like New – The equipment is in a condition as if you have just bought it from the manufacturer. The item is still considered to be ‘Like New’ even without the original packaging and accessories. The product has been fully tested and is in perfect working order. Lenses are optically clear. There may be light dust present that will not effect the imagery.
- Excellent – The equipment should be close to being ‘Like New’ but there may be some small cosmetic blemishes that lower its grade. The product has been fully tested and is in perfect excellent order.
- Cameras – Should have no marks on the LCD screen
- Lenses – Should have no marks on the elements and optically clear. There may be light dust present that will not effect the imagery.
- Very Good – The equipment may have some slight cosmetic wear to the paintwork and cosmetic blemishes with only light signs of use and the product has been fully tested and is in great working order.
- Cameras – The LCD screen may have small signs of wear that does not affect its display
- Lenses – The mount of the lens will start to show signs of wear
- Good – The equipment is showing more obvious signs of cosmetic wear and blemishes, but the product has been fully tested and is in great working order.
- Cameras – LCD screen may have scratches or wear that is starting to affect the display.
- Lenses – May have slight dust inside that does not affect images. The mount shows signs of use.
- Well Used – The equipment will show significant signs of wear. The paintwork will be coming away in large areas exposing the metal work, but the product has been fully tested and is in great working order.
- Cameras – LCD screen is heavily worn either by de-lamination or has scratches to it. Rubber grips are starting to come away from the body.
- Lenses – The lens has dust inside that may affect images. The rubber zoom/focus ring is coming away from the barrel of the lens.
*All of our used items are listed with the accessories that are included. If they are not listed, then they will not be supplied at the point of purchase.
Peace of mind with our 6 month warranty
This product has been thoroughly tested by our team of photographers and we are happy to give a 6 month warranty as a result. The number of tests depends on the individual product but we are confident in this product having tested all the major functions. Anything that isn’t as you would expect, we then make a note of and show this in the condition notes on the page.
So you can be confident you are buying a great piece of kit that’s been looked after by a fellow photographer and seen many extraordinary sights, tested by our team of photographers and now looking forward to being set free to capture more great images!
