so assume you're rich person and you
like cameras what kind do you get you
probably get like em it's nice jewelry
to show off how rich you are but the
trouble is you're rich you have not
enough time to learn how to manual focus
if you can't get the swing of the like
em but you want to take photos with that
off-center viewfinder you might want to
look at this new Leica and of course
this autofocuses so you can use your
time for other stuff what why ever rich
people do check stocks eat truffles and
poor people's babies or whatever rich
people eat
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yeah so this is very similar to the like
X but with the viewfinder slapped on top
it does kind of look like they've just
slapped on top but I kind of like it
the design is a slight nod in the
approximate direction of the free G
screw mount camera its unique look is
going to be divisive like the Marmite of
camera design but I like it
not Marmite that stuff is disgusting in
two point three six million dot EVF it's
not the highest resolution viewfinder
round but it it's nice it's got a high
magnification to 0.75 times big Android
and it's pretty damn responsive it's not
a rangefinder it doesn't have an optical
viewfinder although I'm sure some people
still call this rangefinder inspired but
at least you can enjoy shooting a la em
with the off-center finder crikey it's
taller than her look at that
whoa gang attacked by Birds
I did nothing I'm innocent I am innocent
or perhaps it's retribution for the
Peking Duck I've ever eaten so yes this
is their new aps-c mirrorless camera
with an Evo if I tested out the TL to
last time which I liked but you had to
add on the EVF if you wanted in the EVF
this is built it and this is nice size
like the XK I like the X cameras because
they're perfectly sized you can just
grab hold of them like that and if
that's a little too diminutive for your
liking you can add optional grip which I
think makes the Kara look even better
although you have to remove it every
time you change batteries lasting some
doing some tighty [ __ ] there it's
incredibly minimalist in design there's
free buttons there which I like you've
got a play button which is obviously for
play function button which you can
customize you just hold that down and
you can change it to whatever you like
well we've been reason you can't make it
cook your dinner and then menu if you
just press it once it's got your
favourites which is really just for the
useful stuff and if you want the none
useful stuff you press menu again and
then you've got all the other useless
stuff in the menus simplicity in design
removing the superfluous and it's
executed well to CL it feels like you
have everything at your fingertips with
nothing missing
you've got two dials here if you're in
manual mode obviously shutter and
aperture but then these are buttons here
you press that one and that's that
changes to the mode dial and this one is
customizable again you can hold that
down and you can change it to whatever
you like
it sounds kind of weird to rave about
not having buttons and dying's but in
terms of controls you can't get much
better than this yeah this is the new 18
millimeter from Leica F 2.8 yeah I
believe they call this a super pancake
which is not like your ordinary pancake
it's more like a crepe in fact it's very
thin it looks almost like one of the
microphones pancake lenses actually it's
that small but this covers aps-c and
it's super lightweight and this is one
thing I like you can autofocus because
it's an autofocus on camera but if you
think actually no I don't like that
I want to manual focus you can and as
soon as you rotate that ring the peaking
is switched on automatically that's
fantastic
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otherwise there isn't much else to
complain about with regards to the body
there are moments why wish it did have
until TV screen but a tilty screen would
ruin the slick lines of the back of the
camera
that's not beaucoup I think I just
snorted on the camera the zombies are
attacking the zombie Birds it's the same
24 megapixel sensor - tio 2 images look
great love the colors and you have 14
stops of dynamic range which makes bees
DNG files robust enough to bring back
some detail do you think you've lost god
this is like a minefield of poop yep
meanwhile just thousands of thousands of
Sigma lenses and we've just just left
them over there
Thank You Sigma by the way we're taking
good care of them looking after them
well forget no cine lenses for a moment
I've only got limited time with his
Leica and I'm really enjoying it the
important aspects the good Street camera
is the focus speed I'm saying this is
pretty good it's not the best in the
world but it's snappy enough same 49
earth points as a tio2 but also contrast
at X so like the TL - it isn't always as
reliable as phase detect
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you know I think I enjoyed us more than
the tio2 the TL - it's just a little bit
too shiny it was a bit oh hello I'm a
shootin a licker this feels like a
carrot to be used not just to be
exhibited as it is pretty much the
innards of the to2 it comes as no
surprise that has 4k video - yes alright
Tim's very excited about this because
this has 4k hello cannon it's a Leica
they don't put any buttons on it you
some of the likers don't even have
screens but this has 4k in it
it's put on continuous autofocus let's
try now now so it's focused on the
background there let's move over to Tim
it's focused on the background there
let's move over to Tim AFC is okay
sometimes videos look fine but not
amazing no long nice addition but it's
all about the stills yeah it's got
electronic shutter mode as well if you
want to know faster shutter speed but
it's already got eight thousand a second
which is really pretty good for
mechanical shutter
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the 28 millimeter equip my firt focal
length of street but this size and
weight feel perfectly matched with the
CL in fact this comes in a kit lens with
this we can go for the zoom forget a
zoom get this and I think that's
actually a like at first they don't do
kit lenses until now battery life I
don't believe battery life is gonna last
longer this use the same battery as the
TL 2 but already I've just taken a few
shots and little few snapshots one bars
gone down as it turned out a battery
didn't last much longer once I started
shooting a bit more 4k footage Shane
would have loved to keep shooting for me
the CL is a Karen that gives a big chunk
of the purity of shooting of a Leica M
with the perks of a system camera with
the luxury of AF it may be modern it's
definitely not an M but it is very much
quintessentially Leica
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