Name: Leica 100mm f2.8
Brand: Leica

What do reviewers say about the Leica 100mm f2.8?

As of October 2026, among the 11 reviews we compiled, optical performance drew the most discussion: 77 claims from 8 of them, which we read as 60% positive, 21% neutral, 19% negative.

Synthesized from 11 reviewer sources for Leica 100mm f2.8. AF for video draws the most discussion: 30 positive, 82 neutral, and 26 negative across 138 sentiment markers. The most criticism lands on bokeh: 45% positive, 22% neutral, 33% negative across 36 claims. Coverage of AF for stills is mostly neutral: 23% positive, 60% neutral, 17% negative across 40 claims.

What are the Leica 100mm f2.8 specifications?

Focal Length Mm100 mm

Max Aperturef/2.8

specs: designation

What do reviewers praise and criticize?

Optical Performance

46 pos · 16 neu · 15 neg

“Sharpness is excellent in real world tests.” — Geeky Nerdy Techy

Build Quality

13 pos · 3 neu · 6 neg

“Um nice wide focusing ring, uh water-repellent coating, so it's weather sealed as all the SL lenses are.” — Leica Camera Australia

Mount Compatibility

18 pos · 48 neu · 2 neg

“I think I was the only one using a an R 100 millimeter macro lens with an adapter on the SL.” — Justin Mott

Price & Value

1 pos · 5 neu · 2 neg

“Um, but I'll tell you what, for a 6028 that's weighs nothing and autofocuses that cost like whatever they cost now, 1500 bucks on the used market or two grand.” — RedDotForum

Weight & Portability

6 pos · 4 neu · 0 neg

“nothing else like it this small this lightweight there's a couple things that the Panasonic Lumix design team have done really well to actually make this happen so one of these things is using aspherical elements now typically aspherical elements are harder to make and so therefore a lot of times…” — The Art of Photography

More detail — 10 additional axes

Distortion

0 pos · 1 neu · 0 neg

Vignetting

4 pos · 5 neu · 2 neg

“at its lowest aperture setting of f 2.8 this lens creates some really nice separation between foreground and background i can't seem to find any noticeable vignetting on this lens even when i crank the aperture like the volume knob when i'm listening to rusted root in my subaru on the way to whole…” — Alec Langton

Chromatic Aberration

3 pos · 7 neu · 1 neg

Coma

2 pos · 8 neu · 1 neg

Bokeh

16 pos · 8 neu · 12 neg

“And the shallow depth of field of course is very visible here in these shots.” — mathphotographer

Color Rendition

9 pos · 3 neu · 1 neg

“Olympus again there's a different color shift here where there's other two lenses are green this one's a little bit more blue magenta there's a few elements in there that might stand out but in general it's just that a washed-out look overall somewhere in between the Lumix and the lichen lens where…” — Rhett Thompson

Filter Thread

1 pos · 11 neu · 0 neg

Dimensions

5 pos · 11 neu · 3 neg

Handling

14 pos · 4 neu · 3 neg

AF Noise

0 pos · 2 neu · 2 neg

Which reviews is this based on? (11)

Every claim above traces to these original reviews. We don't write opinions — we synthesize theirs.

📹 Pro Reviews (11)

$1800 For a 33 Year Old Lens? [Leica 100mm APO Macro Elmarit-R Review] Alec Langton
Panasonic Leica 35-100mm F2.8 Zoom Lens Tested on Lumix G9II/GH7 Geeky Nerdy Techy
Lumix S 100mm f2.8 MACRO review: IN-DEPTH! Gordon Laing
Vintage Leica Lens: A Photographer's Dream Justin Mott
APO-Macro-Elmarit-SL 100mm Lens Leica Camera Australia
Unboxing The Best Macro I've used | Leica APO-Macro-Elmarit-R 100mm Lukas van der Lende
LEICA APO-MACRO-ELMARIT-R 100 f2,8 on FUJI GFX 100s: SHARP, SHARPER, SHARPEST! mathphotographer
NEW Leica Apo-Macro-Elmarit-SL 2.8/100 - Macro, Close-up, Portrait & Half-Body Shots mathphotographer
Red Dot Forum Camera Talk: Leica APO-Macro-Elmarit-SL 100mm f/2.8 RedDotForum
Micro 4/3 Pro Telephoto Zoom Battle | Panasonic vs. Olympus vs. Leica Rhett Thompson
This Lens Should Not Exist The Art of Photography

Leica 100mm f2.8