The Leica SL2-S

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The Leica SL2-S was originally announced in December 2020, so how does it fare in December of 2023?
This is the longest gear review video I've ever done for KZfaq. Leica was generous enough to loan me a SL2-S kit for my trip up to New England. Pleasantly surprised by the video and images I captured from this now 3 year old camera.
Chapters:
0:00 - Sample Cinematic Footage
1:00 - Intro
1:26 - Build Specifications
3:21 - Image Specifications
5:00 - Video Features
6:42 - My Thoughts
12:25 - Lowlight Ability
13:25 - Autofocus
14:42 - Lenses
15:00 Vario Elmarit 24-70
16:02 APO Summicron 50
16:24 Adapting M-Mount Lenses
17:10 Conclusion
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Gear Used In This Video:
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Camera: Leica SL2-S
Lens: Vario-Elmarit 24-70 f2.8, 50 f2 APO Summicron ASPH
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Пікірлер: 15

@_parkphoto 5 ай бұрын

14:35 one thing you didn’t touch on in this section is that you can actually change the manual focus settings to not be acceleration based. In fact, you can dial in how many degrees you want it to turn from close focus to infinity! So it’s really the best focus by wire system out there.

@_parkphoto 5 ай бұрын

16:06 also the Leica 24-70 focuses much faster than the Sigma. As a general rule the Leica made SL lenses focus better than the Sigmas on the SL cameras.

@BrianCho 5 ай бұрын

@@_parkphoto Thanks for the corrections! Wish I had more time to discover this. Pinning so people are aware.

@_parkphoto 5 ай бұрын

@@BrianCho for sure, thanks! I’ve been shooting the SL2-S since August so I’ve become pretty familiar with it.

@allena3430 4 ай бұрын

SL3 coming real soon, waiting for them to at least be S5iix autofocus performance. Fingers crossed, I've only shot manual focus on sl2s for video or static focus.

@GuamPhotography 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for this review :)

@RamonBrito 5 ай бұрын

I couldn’t agree more with you Brian. The only thins is that the 24-70 is newer than the summicron I believe. If it wasn’t for the auto focus it would be a dream camera to work with for video. Cheers

@BrianCho 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the correction Ramon! Enjoying your content right now :)

@JumpingWill 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the great review! Btw, I think the sensor on the EVF may be only on that particular camera. My SL2-S Reporter doesn’t get finicky at all. Btw, have you tried setting the focus throw angles? I haven’t seen anyone review on it. I think it helps with the “wired focus” problem. That was one of the features that made me interested in this camera, but I haven’t tried it myself.

@BrianCho 4 ай бұрын

I figured it probably had to do with the particular loaner model I received from Leica. Seems like an odd issue to have with Leica's engineering track record. I did read from another comment about setting the manual focus settings to not be acceleration based! I missed that when I was reviewing the camera unfortunately.

@JumpingWill 4 ай бұрын

@@BrianChoto be honest, it’s quite hard to find how to videos for the Leica SL2-S. Not a whole lot of people use them (at least not on KZfaq), and most review videos are outdated because Leica has updated the firmware a few times. As a result, I’m still learning how to use the camera. 😂 again, thanks for the wonderful review.

@erick9762 5 ай бұрын

Hi and thanks for this video. You replaced the red dot with a black dot. I'm curious about your black dot. Can you tell me more about it? Could you tell me where can I find this kind of black dot? Thanks in advance

@BrianCho 4 ай бұрын

Leica themselves actually had their red dot covered. It's possible this SL2-S was a loaner model and therefore never had the red dot to begin with.

@absonus 3 ай бұрын

Nice review although I don`t shoot video. You are correct about the focus. Pretty poor. I use mine for general stuff but shoot a lot of equestrian .It misses more than a modern camera should do .