The world-renowned German company, Leica, has stepped into the world of mirrorless interchangeable lens digital cameras with the impressive Mirrorless T camera. The Leica T digital camera is developed in collaboration with the German carmaker, Audi. Earlier, both the companies had collaborated to develop the Leica M9 Titanium. The Leica T is the latest innovation of Leica and comes with a Spartan control set with two dials, a shutter button, the video button, and a large 3.7-inch touchscreen display.
Build and Design
The Leica T is a solidly designed digital camera that looks elegant and feels comfortable in your hand. It is equipped with an APS-C sized CMOS sensor that caters to the needs of pro photographers who are working on serious assignments. This digital camera has an aluminum uni-body construction, which looks really good. Its dimensions are 5.2x2.7x1.2 inches, and weight is 13.5 ounces. The Leica T has a balanced design with a comfortable handgrip that is easy to hold for long periods of time. In addition to its attractive, unique design, it also has many stylish accessories like a rubberized, silicon camera strap.
The Leica T mirrorless digital camera features an optional tilting Leica Visoflex electronic viewfinder (EVF), which is placed on the top. This viewfinder is decent for shooting photos in bright sunlight.
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Usability
Along with a minimal layout, the Leica T camera also has a subtle, hidden, oval-shaped, pop-up flash, which is great to touch and easy to use. Its 3.7-inch touchscreen display provides 1.3 million pixels of resolution, as well as a receptive touch capacity and functionality. This digital camera’s touch controls give you the ability to focus track subjects by touching them on the screen for capturing still images and recording videos. With this Leica digital camera, you can easily record Full HD 1080p videos at 30 frames per second. It also offers built-in wireless connectivity, which allows you to share your images wirelessly.
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Performance and image quality
The Leica T is an ideal mirrorless digital camera to shoot cityscapes and street scenes. It uses a contrast detection-based autofocus system, which is useful for shooting fast action. This Leica digital camera performs quite well for straight-on portraits. The Leica T camera is capable of shooting up to 5 frames per second in a continuous burst mode, which gives fast performance. This digital camera delivers quite good image results.
Conclusion
Leica has created an innovative camera known as Leica T digital camera. It is known for its classy design that includes its unique aluminum uni-body design. Most of the Leica reviews have praised the simplicity of this camera, along with its minimal control layout and attractive curvy lines. This Leica digital camera comes with a large 3.7-inch touchscreen, which is easy to use for changing settings and scrolling through images. It is a well-designed camera, and will be an excellent addition to anybody’s list of photography devices.
Hope this review will help you narrow down your choices in the wake of too many mirrorless cameras getting launched every quarter. Do share it with your friends and fellow photography enthusiasts.
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