Light Lens Lab 50mm f/1.9 Rigid-ZS6

4 May 2026 · Lens News

If you shoot Leica M and you've been priced out of original Super-Six glass, this is worth your attention. Light Lens Lab has form here — their 50mm f/2 Rigid is already respected in the M-mount community — and the ZS6 takes that same mechanical platform and drops in a six-element double-Gaussian formula that's supposed to deliver that expressive, slightly loose rendering the Dallmeyer originals are known for. The smart move is the two-variant approach: standard contrast for digital, low-contrast asterisk version for shooters who want more latitude or that flatter film-era tonal curve. Compact, all-brass, 263g. This sits squarely in the niche where working photographers who shoot editorial or personal documentary on M-mount bodies are hunting for character glass without paying vintage collector prices.

5 May 2026 · Lens News

Light Lens Lab keeps doing what no one else bothers with: making usable versions of obscure vintage glass that would otherwise cost a fortune and fall apart on you. The Dallmeyer Super Six had a cult following for its character wide open, and if the Rigid-ZS6 delivers anything close to that rendering in a body that doesn't require a watchmaker to service it, this is genuinely interesting for M-mount shooters. Niche? Absolutely. But if you're already in the Leica ecosystem and shooting editorial or film portrait work, this kind of optical character is exactly what separates your frames from the next person's clinical modern glass.

13 July 2026 · Lens Review

Fred Miranda's full review of the Light Lens Lab 50mm f/1.9 Rigid-ZS6 for Leica M-mount is out. The lens is built around a classic Dallmeyer Super Six design — usable wide open at f/1.9 with a controlled glow and lower contrast, peaking around f/4. Field curvature changes behaviour with focus distance, distortion is negligible, and flare has a vintage character. Not a modern correction lens.