LEICA SL2-S $7,500

Type: Enthusiast/professional mirrorless digital camera with L bayonet lens mount.

Focusing: Automatic 225-point wide-area system using contrast-detection via imaging sensor. Manual and automatic switching between one-shot and continuous AF modes, the latter with auto tracking. Automatic subject detection for Face, Eye, Body And Animal. Area modes for Spot, Zone (nine points), Multi-Field, Field, Tracking and Face/Body Detection. Leica Object Detection AF has additional profiles for Children/Pets, Team Sports, Runner and Wildlife. Touchpad AF point/zone selection available via touch screen monitor. Focus assist via magnified image (three settings) and focus peaking displays (Red, Green, Blue and White; and two levels of intensity). Sensitivity range is EV -6.0–18 (ISO 100, f/1.4). Low light/contrast assist provided by built-in LED illuminator.

Metering: Multi-zone, centre-weighted average, spot and TTL flash. Metering range is EV 0 to 18 (ISO 100/f1.4).

Exposure Modes: Continuously-variable program with shift, shutter-priority auto, aperturepriority auto and metered manual.

Shutter: Electronic focal plane, vertical travel, metal blades. 1800-1/8000 second plus ‘B’

(up to 30 minutes). Sensor-based shutter has speed range of 60-1/16,000 second. Flash sync up to 1/250 second. Exposure compensation of up to +/-3.0 EV in 1/2 or 1/3 stop increments. Viewfinder: OLED with 5.76 million dots resolution. 0.78x magnification and 100% vertical/horizontal scene coverage. Switchable 60/120fps refresh rate. Adjustable for brightness and colour balance. Fixed 3.2-inch LEDbacklit monitor (2.1 million dots resolution) with touch controls. Adjustable for brightness and colour balance. Automatic/manual switching between the EVF and the LED monitor screen. Eyepiece strength adjustment built-in. Flash: No built-in flash. External flash units sync via hotshoe.

Additional Features: Milled aluminium twopiece body over a magnesium alloy chassis and sealed against dust and moisture

(IP54 standard) and insulated for subzero temperatures down to -10 degrees Celsius, monochrome camera read-out display, auto exposure bracketing (up to +/-3.0 EV per frame over three or five frames), AE lock, dual-mode self-timer (two or 12 second delays), audible signals, auto power off with adjustable timing. Accepts Leica T/TL mount lenses for capture in the APS-C format. Accepts Leica M, S and R mount lenses via adaptors.

DIGITAL SECTION

Sensor: 24.6 million pixels (effective) CMOS type with 24.0x36.0 mm imaging area. No optical low-pass filter. Sensitivity equivalent to ISO 50-100,000.

Focal Length Increase: None. Formats/Resolution: 8-bit JPEG compression on three resolution settings; 6000x4000, 4272x2848 and 2976x1984 pixels. RAW files captured at 6000x4000 pixels in the Adobe DNG format. RAW+JPEG capture. 24-bit RGB colour for JPEGs, 42-bit RGB colour for RAW files. Choice of six aspect ratios – 3:2, 7:5, 4:3, 1:1, 3:1 and16:9.

Recording Media: Dual slots for SD/SDHC/ SDXC memory cards with UHS-II speed support for both.

Video Recording: MOV format with MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 encoding: 4K DCI (4096x2160 pixels) at 25 or 24fps and 16:9 aspect ratio

(400 Mbps with All-Intra compression and 10-bit 4:2:2 colour). 4K DCI (4096x2160 pixels) at 50fps and 16:9 aspect ratio (APS-C, 150 Mbps with Long-GOP compression and 8-bit 4:2:0 colour.). 4K UHD (3840x2160 pixels) at 25 or 24fps and 16:9 aspect ratio (400 Mbps with All-Intra compression and 10-bit 4:2:2 colour.) 4K UHD (3840x2160 pixels) at 50fps and 16:9 aspect ratio (APS-C, 150 Mbps with Long-GOP compression and 8-bit 4:2:0 colour). Full HD (1920x1080 pixels) at 50, 25 or 24fps, and 16:9 aspect ratio (200 Mbps with All-Intra compression and 10-bit 4:2:2 colour). Full HD (1920x1080 pixels) at 150 or 100fps, and 16:9 aspect ratio (20 Mbps with Long GOP compression and 8-bit 4:2:0 colour). MP4 format with MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 encoding: 4K UHD (3840x2160 pixels) at 25 or 24fps and 16:9 aspect ratio (100 Mbps with Long

GOP compression and 8-bit 4:2:8 colour.) 4K UHD (3840x2160 pixels) at 50fps and 16:9 aspect ratio (APS-C, 150 Mbps with Long-GOP compression and 8-bit 4:2:0 colour). Full HD (1920x1080 pixels) at 50fps and 16:9 aspect ratio (28 Mbps with Long GOP compression and 8-bit 4:2:0 colour). Full HD (1920x1080 pixels) at 25fps and 16:9 aspect ratio (20 Mbps with Long GOP compression and 8-bit 4:2:0 colour). Full HD (1920x1080 pixels) at 24fps and 16:9 aspect ratio (24 Mbps with Long GOP compression and 8-bit 4:2:0 colour). Full HD (1920x1080 pixels) at 150 or 100fps, and 16:9 aspect ratio (up to 20 Mbps with Long GOP compression and 8-bit 4:2:0 colour). NTSC frame rates available. Uncompressed 10-bit 4:2:2 colour 4K/2K output via HDMI connection with 8- or 10-bit 4:2:2 colour 4K/2K recording internally. Built-in stereo microphones with auto/manual levels control, gain control (-10 to +6.0 dB) and wind-cut filter. Stereo audio input and output (3.5mm). No limit on video clip length with 8-bit 4:2:0 colour, 30 minutes when recording with 10-bit 4:2:2 colour.

Video Features: Time code support (free run and rec run), L-Log gamma profile, Rec.709 profile, Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG), five Video Style presets (Standard, Vivid, Natural, Monochrome and Monochrome High Contrast), adjustable Video Style parameters (Contrast, Sharpness and Saturation), six video aspect ratios (1.33:1, 1.66:1, 1.78:1, 1.85:1, 2.35:1 and 2.40:1), zebra patterns (with adjustable limits), focus peaking display, dedicated Cine mode adjusts displays to EI ASA, shutter angles and T-stops.

Continuous Shooting: Up to 1000 JPEG/large or RAW DNG frames at 9fps. Medium speed mode operates at up 5fps with continuous AF/ AE adjustment. Low speed mode operates at 2fps. Up to 25fps continuous shooting with the sensor-based shutter.

White Balance: Auto control with eight presets, ‘Greycard’ and ‘Greycard Live View’ custom measurements, and manual colour temperature setting (2000 to 11,500 degrees Kelvin).

Interfaces: USB 3.2 (Type C), HDMI (Type A), 3.5mm stereo audio input, 3.5mm stereo audio output.

Additional Digital Features: In-camera five-axis image stabilisation giving up to 5.5 stops of correction for camera shake (with Normal,

Auto Panning, Vertical Panning and Horizontal Panning modes), Multi Shot pixel-shift mode (96MP resolution, with Motion Blur processing settings), sensor cleaning, 4GB buffer memory, sRGB colour space, five Film Style presets (Standard, Vivid, Natural, Monochrome and Monochrome High Contrast), adjustable Picture Style parameters (Contrast, Saturation and Sharpness), intervalometer (up to 9999 frames), real-time histogram display, 3x3 guide grid, dual-axis level indicator, highlight warning, long exposure noise reduction (On/Off), six user profiles, four info profiles, audible signals, 12/30 thumbnail displays, copyright information, adjustable image display time, playback zoom, Wi-Fi (2.4 and 5.0 GHz bands) and Bluetooth LE connectivity.

Power: One 7.2 volt, 1860mAh rechargeable lithium-ion battery pack (BP-SCL4 type). In-camera charging via USB-C. Optional HG-SCL6 battery grip provides a second battery pack.

Dimensions (WxHxD): body only = 146.0x107.0x83.0 mm.

Weight: 850 grams (body only without battery pack)

Price: $7,500 body only. Black only.

Distributor: Leica Camera Australia Pty Ltd, telephone (03) 9248 4444 or visit information visit https://au.leica-camera.com