Review
DSLR / CAMERA REFERENCE
SL (Typ 601)
Leica
Catalogue announcement:
01 / TECHNICAL RECORD
Specifications
Catalogue specifications. Source: DPReview historical specification record ↗.
Sensor and files
- Effective pixels
- 24 megapixels
- Sensor size
- Full frame (36 x 24 mm)
- Sensor type
- CMOS
- Max resolution
- 6000 x 4000
- ISO
- Auto, 50-50000
- Uncompressed format
- RAW
Lens and focus
- Lens mount
- Leica L
- Number of focus points
- 529
- Manual focus
- Yes
- Image stabilization
- No
Exposure and shooting
- Minimum shutter speed
- 60 sec
- Maximum shutter speed
- 1/8000 sec
- Continuous drive
- 11.0 fps
- Exposure compensation
- ±3 (at 1/3 EV, 1/2 EV steps)
- Metering modes
- MultiCenter-weightedSpot
- Aperture priority
- Yes
- Shutter priority
- Yes
- Built-in flash
- No
- External flash
- Yes (via hot shoe and PC sync)
- Timelapse recording
- Yes
Video and audio
- Resolutions
- 4096 x 2160 (24p), 3840 x 2160 (30p), 1920 x 1080 (120p, 60p, 30p, 24p), 1280 x 720 (120p, 60p, 30p, 24p)
- Format
- MPEG-4
- Microphone
- Stereo
- Microphone port
- Yes
- Headphone port
- Yes
- Speaker
- Mono
Viewfinder and screen
- Viewfinder type
- Electronic
- Viewfinder coverage
- 100%
- Viewfinder magnification
- 0.8×
- Screen size
- 3″
- Screen dots
- 1,040,000
- Articulated LCD
- Fixed
- Touch screen
- Yes
Body and connections
- Storage types
- Dual SD/SDHC/SDXC card (UHS-II supported on slot 1)
- Battery description
- BP-SCL4 lithium-ion battery and charger
- Battery Life (CIPA)
- 400
- Weight (inc. batteries)
- 847 g (1.87 lb / 29.88 oz)
- Dimensions
- 147 x 104 x 39 mm (5.79 x 4.09 x 1.54″)
- Environmentally sealed
- Yes
- USB
- USB 3.0 (5 GBit/sec)
- HDMI
- Yes
- Wireless
- Built-In
- Remote control
- Yes (via smartphone or shutter release cable)
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Reviews and field reports
03 / PROVENANCE
Sources and dates
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