Leica SL – Review
Typ 601
24-MP-CMOS-Sensor (24 × 36 mm)
Full Frame (24 MP): 6000 × 4000 Pixel, APS-C (10 MP): 3936 × 2624 Pixel
Leica Vario-Elmarit-SL 24–90 mm f/2.8–4 ASPH
ISO 50–ISO 50000
Continuous fast F (11 fps)
Shutter mode: 1/8000 s
Video: 4K (4096 × 2160) @ 24 fps; 4K (3840 × 2160) @ 25 and 30 fps; 1080 @ 24, 25, 30, 50, 60, 100 and 120 fps; 720 @ 24, 25, 30, 50, 60, 100 and 120 fps
Monitor: Touch
Wi-fi and Gps
Imaging quality, performance, and versatility: the record values achieved by the Leica SL deliver clear proof that the mirrorless full-frame camera is the technology of the future.
An outstanding performance profile is not the only thing that speaks for the Leica SL.
The professional character of the camera is also defined by a control concept reduced to essentials, excellent handling, and extremely rugged resilience.
The Lica SL can be a professional mirrorless also suitable for weddings?
With this camera you start with a great revolution that is the electronic viewfinder with excellent levels both in the resolution is in the image refresh rate.
No more waiting, the picture is clear, sharp picture in the viewfinder. This allows to evaluate the picture, especially in low light. that in the first reflex was not possible.
Another point is the autofocus is fast! I often understood to frame the subject and just overflow the shutter button, the picture is already visible in the viewfinder, in perfect focus. This speeds up recently, for a mirrorless was unthinkable.
The sensitivity of a photographer is subjective. The tool that we use must have discrete caretteristiche, especially in wedding photography.
The Leica SL, is a very versatile tool, also for the perspective from which it was born: Vario-Elmarit-SL 24-90mm f / 2.8 to 4 an aspherical zoom.
This optic is made up of 18 optical elements in 15 groups and weighs 1,140 grams. It incorporates an optical image stabilization system with an effect equivalent to 3.5 stop.
This zoom is definitely weighed in the case of long and tiring days like weddings, advice to use a side strap or as I use, a double belt with 2 cameras attacked, my two camera bodies to balance the weight on your back.
Having too many Canon lenses, I bought an adapter that works perfectly (even autofocus) but only with optical “Series L” (red piping).
A very positive aspect and detail of Leica SL is simple, practical, almost no written, the only is the on-off button.
The four buttons on the back if you press them a little longer, do you direct access to shortcuts on the favorite features (for example, I personally have set: ISO sensitivity, Color Temperature, the focusing methods (MF – AFs – AFc).
The Leica was built in solid aluminum, very sturdy, with metal details, the p machine protected from the weather.
Very interesting is the rear display with touchscreen function, allows you to navigate through the images and enlarge the picture taken like a Smartphone, the same also function to focus selectable by touching the screen.
The EyeRes Viewfinder
The next generation of viewfinder technology
The Leica SL is the world’s first camera conceived for professional photography to feature an electronic viewfinder.
With a latency time below the threshold of perception and a resolution of 4.4 million pixels, this EyeRes viewfinder developed especially for the Leica SL offers an entirely new visual experience.
As its image can be electronically brightened, the EyeRes viewfinder is superior to optical viewfinders in low or unfavorable light.
4K Video
For moving and moving pictures
The Leica SL is much more than a professional still-picture camera with video recording capability: it fulfills even the most stringent demands of moviemakers as a fully fledged video camera.
This begins with a clear and simple handling concept that clearly separates still and motion picture functions and ends with HDMI 1.4 output.
This allows professional videos to be output in 4:2:2 10-bit format with 4K cine resolution and the production of professional videos in combination with an HDMI recorder.
High-Speed Autofocus
Faster than any SLR system
Capturing the ideal moment is not only essential in sport photography.
In combination with the LEICA APO VARIO-ELMARIT-SL 90–280 mm f/2.8–4, the Leica SL has the fastest autofocus of any professional camera – including SLRs.
The full travel of the lens, from infinity to its closest focusing distance, takes place in less than 110 milliseconds.
