Latest rumours from Chinese sources suggest a new third-party lens maker, specifically from China, will be joining the L-Mount Alliance soon. Right now, as of August 2025, when I am writing this article, the alliance includes nine companies—Leica, Sigma, Panasonic, Leitz Cine, DJI, ASTRODESIGN, Samyang, Blackmagic Design, and Sirui (joined March 2025)—offering over 100 lenses.
@Independent Photographers Association According to reliable sources, another domestic brand will join the L-Mount Alliance in 2025, a brand that is highly anticipated and requested by many. The L-Mount Alliance will be further strengthened. It is expected that by early 2026, the L-Mount lens lineup will rapidly expand with the addition of several domestic optical brands, potentially helping the L-Mount become one of the most diverse mirrorless camera mounts in terms of lens selection. A new milestone for the L-Mount Alliance is approaching
VILTROX official Entry into the L-mount market on September 1st, 2025
The L-Mount Alliance is expanding. Sirui ( Chinese company) officially joined in March 2025, increasing the member count to nine. Viltrox has already joined the L-Mount Alliance, the formal official announcement will happen on 1st September.
Brands 7Artisans, TTArtisan, and Venus Optics (Laowa) have been making lenses for the L-Mount since 2020, like we have Laowa 9mm f/2.8 Zero-D, 24mm f/14 2x Macro Probe, and 15mm f/4.5 Wide Angle Macro, +22 More L Mount lenses from these brands, designed for L-Mount cameras, they are not officially a part of the L-Mount Alliance.
Clarification: Current L-Mount Lenses vs. Official Alliance Membership
Not being an official member of the L-Mount Alliance means they can produce or make lenses for the L-Mount cameras, but they don’t have access to autofocus algorithms or EXIF support from the camera for their lenses.
Why will L-Mount become even stronger in 2025?
Multiple Chinese optical brands are in talks to become full L-Mount Alliance members, not just license holders. And in this race, Viltrox will be the #2 brand from China to join the alliance officially after SIRUI. They have been in advanced negotiations since early 2025, and the official and formal announcement is to be made in late 2025. Similarly, other brands that we have mentioned (7Artisans, TTArtisan*, and Laowa) are already making lenses for L-Mount cameras; they are the next candidates to get membership approval in 2026.
The membership approval will involve deeper integration so they can contribute to core development, Technology, and have access to the advanced autofocus protocols, and they can also participate in the joint marketing program of the Alliance.
So, the L-Mount is already gaining strength in 2025 and will become even stronger in 2026, with more Chinese brands set to officially join the L-Mount. The stats say Panasonic reported a 10% share of the premium camera market (over €3,000) as early as 2020, and Leica achieved 14% growth in 2024. As more members join the Alliance, the L-Mount will become a more attractive and cosy place for those who love budget-high-quality lens options and open-mount cameras, allowing for easy system swapping within the mount.
*(No, 7Artisans and TTArtisan are not the same; they are two different, competing Chinese lens manufacturers, TTArtisan has a couple of autofocus lenses, whereas 7Artisans only has manual focus lenses so far)
ABout the author: The article “L-Mount is Getting Stronger in 2025: Here’s Why” written and updated by thenewcamera.com team on7:45 am, Thursday, 28 August 2025, Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) | Follow us for more updates and Get LIVE RUMORS –> FACEBOOK | TWITTER | INSTAGRAM to get live news — > get LIVE News and Panasonic Rumor
source – camerabeta (webio) – Date published Aug 28, 2025
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