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GERMAN camera manufacturer Leica has announced its first entry into the full-frame mirrorless camera market with the high end SL.

The Leica SL features a weather sealed aluminium body, 24 MP full-frame CMOS sensor, all new electronic viewfinder, touch screen display and three new SL lenses.

The camera’s electronic viewfinder is the first Leica equipped with EyeRes (eye activated) technology and reportedly boasts a resolution of 4.4 million pixels and magnification similar to medium format.

The Leica SL also features a 2.95" back panel display with a viewing angle of up to 170° and touchscreen menu navigation.

The new camera boasts a high-performance Maestro II processor and 2 GB of buffer memory. The SL can shoot images at up to 11 frames per second at full 24 MP resolution and 4K (24fps) and HD (30fps – 120fps) video. Stills can be saved simultaneously to an SD memory card as both JPEG and DNG files.

The SL’s shutter provides speeds from 30 minutes to 1/8000 sec and the camera has a maximum ISO of 50,000.

New lenses so far released for the Leica SL are a 24–90 mm f/2.8–4 ASPH, 90–280 mm f/2.8–4 and the Leica Summilux-SL 50 mm f/1.4 ASPH. More SL lenses are to follow. All Leica T camera lenses can also be used without an adaptor on the SL while S, M, and R system lenses will work with a compatible SL adaptor.

RRP - Leica SL $11,000. Leica Vario-Elmarit-SL 24-90 mm f/2.8-4 ASPH $6900.

Available from mid-November.

Find your local Leica dealer HERE.

 

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