

There is a through-the-lens CdS exposure meter mounted on a pivoting arm just in front of the shutter, like the Leica M5. The Leica CL has a vertical-running focal plane shutter, with cloth curtains, giving 1/2 to 1/1000 speeds. Both the Leica CL and Leitz Minolta CL were manufactured in Japan. It was released in the Japanese market in November 1973 as the Leitz Minolta CL.

It was developed in collaboration with Minolta and appeared in April 1973.

The Leica CL is a 35mm compact rangefinder camera made by Leitz with interchangeable lenses in the Leica M mount. Plus, you can also use SL (FF) lenses on the Leica CL, as both use the T mount.Rangefinder: coupled, combined (ERB = 18.9 mm)Įxposure meter: TTL, CdS cell, spot metering The CL will be available as a kit with 18mm or 18-56mm lens from 28 November 2017 at the following RRPs:Ī new Leica 18mm f/2.8 pancake lens will be available at the same time as the CL with an RRP of £1020 inc. The electronic viewfinder (EVF) is impressively large considering the compact size of the camera, with 0.74x magnification and 2.36m dots and it gives a clear view of the scene which is detailed with good colour reproduction.Īs the camera shoots AdobeDNG, it's already possible to edit RAW files from the camera, without having to wait for your image processing software to be updated You can also record FullHD at 60fps or 30fps and 4k footage at 30fps. The quickest shutter speed possible is 1/8000s using the mechanical shutter or 1/25000s using the electronic shutter. The camera can shoot 24mp images at 10fps, in continuous shooting mode, with the buffer able to shoot up to 33 pictures (recording both DNG+JPG).

The Leica CL has a classic Leica look, with an aluminium top and bottom plates and a leather-like surround in the middle. The Leica CL features the same 24-megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor as the TL2 as well as a built-in electronic viewfinder, touch-screen and 10fps continuous shooting. Leica has announced the new Leica CL, part of Leica’s APS-C mirrorless camera range, which includes the Leica TL2.
