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Just like any form of miniaturization, making smaller lenses requires tighter tolerances to get similar quality. Big lenses gather more light, reduce vignetting, and more easily allow for larger apertures. When you try to make these things smaller, it requires better materials, more difficult manufacturing, and more complicated engineering. Professional lenses of any brand are expensive. Leica lenses are very, very expensive in part due to these challenges.