Originally designed for Leica’s 35mm SLR cameras, the Leica R series has become a gold standard for cinema rehousing. These lenses are prized for their “Leica Look”—a unique blend of micro-contrast, warm color rendering, and a gentle, non-clinical sharpness that captures natural skin tones beautifully. When rehoused for PL mount, they offer modern cine-mechanics while maintaining their vintage full-frame soul.
Key Features and Benefits
Full Frame Coverage: Effortlessly covers large format sensors (36mm x 24mm) and beyond, including RED Vista Vision and ARRI Alexa LF.
Iconic “Leica Look”: Provides a creamy, pleasing bokeh and a signature warm color palette that mimics the look of Panavision Primos
High-Speed Optics: The “Summilux” versions offer fast apertures (typically T1.4 or T1.5), excelling in low-light and shallow depth-of-field scenarios.
Cine-Engineered Housing: Modern rehousing (by TLS, GL Optics, or P+S Technik) adds 110mm/95mm front diameters, unified gear positions, and expanded focus scales.
Vintage Character, Modern Reliability: Retains vintage flaring and character but with eliminated backlash and improved close-focus capabilities.
Consistency: Exceptional color matching across the prime set, ranging from 15mm to 180mm.
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Sugested Sell Price EUROS 32,000 approved by Tomás
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COST: 35000 Euros
Price Investigation:
Just Cinema Gear: Leica R GL rehoused 6 lens set (Focal lengths not listed individually, likely closest match) $38,000.00
Based on the current exchange rate of approximately 0.848 EUR per USD (as of April 17, 2026), $38,000 USD is equivalent to: 32,228.94 Euros -R-
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