“One of the characteristics of a wide-angle lens is that everything that is close to the lens is going to be presented much larger than things further away. And while this is where ultra-wide angles like a 16mm get dangerous, it is also one of its powers. This Super-Vario-Elmar-SL 16-35mm f/3.5-4.5 ASPH. allows you to see your subject in relation to its environment, which can be extremely powerful. It is in moments like these that this lens shines, especially in combination with the new Leica SL2. The colours and detail are stunning which makes this lens an incredible tool for every visual storyteller.”
Leica Ambassador, Jasper Doest

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Group portraits, landscapes, and architecture: Whenever the scene demands a wider view, the Leica Super-Vario-Elmar-SL 16-35 f/3.5-4.5 ASPH. is the perfect wide-angle lens for capturing it all. With a range of focal lengths from 16 to 35 mm, this high-performance lens expands the spectrum of the existing portfolio of SL zoom lenses into the wide-angle domain.

Combined with the exceptional imaging performance at all distances and apertures that Leica lenses are world-renowned for, the high-performance lens simultaneously offers incredibly fast and almost silent autofocus. For this, only one very light element is moved for focusing. A specially developed drive concept with a stepping motor and linear positioning enables very fast, almost-silent, and precise focusing without changing the overall length of the lens.

The newly designed optical system of the Super-Vario-Elmar-SL 16-35 f/3.5-4.5 ASPH. contains a total of 18 elements in 12 groups. These include two asphericals for the correction of monochromatic aberrations and three elements made from glasses with anomalous partial dispersion for the correction of chromatic aberrations.