Introduction
The Leica Q3 is a premium fastened lens compact digital camera which pairs a 60 megapixel 35mm full-frame CMOS sensor with a image-stabilized Leica Summilux 28mm f/1.7 prime lens. Optically the lens is comprised of 11 lenses in 9 teams (together with 3 aspherical lens components) and it has a Macro setting that permits it to focus as shut as 17cms / 6.7″. It makes use of the identical BSI (BackSide Illuminated) CMOS sensor because the M11 rangefinder, which utilises a specifically developed dual-layer UV/IR cut-off filter. Key options of the Q3 embrace an expanded sensitivity vary of ISO 50-100,000, the latest-generation Maestro IV picture processor, 8K/30p, 4K/60p and 1080/120p video recording, a brand new hybrid AF system with an clever topic recognition system, and steady capturing as much as 15fps. This new mannequin for 2023 additionally gives prolonged battery life, USB-C connectivity, a 5.76m-dot OLED EVF and a tilting 1.84m-dot touchscreen LCD display screen. The really helpful retail value of the Leica Q3 is £5,300 / $5,995 and it’s obtainable in black. It’s designed and made in Germany.
Ease of Use
The Leica Q3 has precisely the identical 60 megapixel full-frame BSI (BackSide-Illuminated) CMOS sensor that was initially developed particularly for the flagship M11 rangefinder digital camera, which gives a 21% improve on the decision provided by 2019’s 47.3 megapixel Q2 mannequin.
Along side the model new Maestro IV picture processor, this enables the Q3 to output 14-bit uncooked recordsdata with a claimed dynamic vary of as much as 14 stops, present an in depth ISO vary of 50-100,000, and shoot 60 megapixel photos at 4fps with steady AF/AE.
It additionally has a particular IR + UV minimize filter in entrance of the sensor which corrects even essentially the most indirect rays of incident mild and a brand new color filter array that gives extra pure color replica than earlier Q-system cameras.
While 60 megapixels will undoubtedly be a giant draw for potential homeowners of this digital camera, Leica have additionally sensibly offered two smaller 36 and 18 megapixel modes which assist keep away from a few of the processing and storage challenges of the the 60 megapixel mode whereas additionally boosting the burst capturing buffer instances.
So the Q3 might be set to report 60, 36 or 18 megapixels DNG Uncooked photos with 14-bit shade and 14-stop dynamic vary utilizing the total sensor space, one thing that Leica are calling “Triple Decision Expertise”.
The Leica Q3 has a set, versus detachable, lens. The 28mm focal size offered is all-encompassing and makes this digital camera notably appropriate for panorama and travelogue pictures.
A simple and clearly marked macro setting on the lens barrel permits topics as shut as 17cm to be captured, whereas in any other case the minimal focusing distance is a daily 30cm. The manually selectable aperture vary extends from f/1.7 as much as f/16 with an computerized setting offered too.
That is coupled with a vivid/quick f/1.7 aperture to permit for decrease mild capturing hand-held. Because the lens is pretty large the consumer is of course prompted to get fairly near their topics if they need them to fill the body, or nearly all of it, to actually benefit from the ‘bokeh’ alternatives provided by that most aperture.
Leica has moreover offered a screw-on/screw off lens hood, must you want to use it as a further assist to stopping lens flare, or keep away from undesirable artifacts in brighter situations. There’s additionally a thread on the entrance for conventional 49mm glass filters.
By the way, the lens and aperture offered right here is strictly the identical as that of the 2015 ‘Q’ and the 2019 ‘Q’ – Leica hasn’t chosen to throw the child out of the bathwater and has retained what it says proved well-liked with regard to the 8-year-old unique mannequin
Impressively the lens is optically stabilized, a shocking characteristic given the wide-angle, full-frame nature of the lens, which coupled with the spectacular noise efficiency at excessive ISOs makes it very straightforward to hand-hold the Q3 in lower than excellent lighting situations and nonetheless obtain pin-sharp outcomes.
Along with the 28mm optical focal size, the Q3 gives 4 completely different crop modes that simulate longer focal lengths.
On the press of the small unmarked button subsequent to the rear thumbgrip on the rear of the digital camera, you possibly can swap to 35mm, 50mm, 75mm and a model new 90mm crop mode, with an oblong overlay displayed to assist with composition.
The 35mm equal crop gives 39 megapixels decision, the 50mm crop 19 megapixels, the 75mm crop 8 megapixels and the 95mm crop 6 megapixels.
These digital crops are solely utilized to the JPEG recordsdata, with a full-size 60 megapixel DNG Uncooked file additionally recorded on the identical time.
Because the digital camera is cropping into the full-size picture, relatively than interpolating up a la most digital zooms, there is no degradation of the picture high quality, only a discount within the megapixel depend.
You may in fact apply related crops your self throughout post-processing, however offering them in-camera has the principle additional benefit of creating composition a lot simpler and extra intuitive while additionally saving on reminiscence card area.
The 35mm and 50mm crop modes proved to be genuinely helpful, successfully providing you with a 28-50mm focal vary that is straightforward to make use of while nonetheless providing sufficient decision.
The 75mm and 90mm modes are more durable to make use of because of the tiny are of the body that is made obtainable for composition – the digital camera actually wants to supply increased magnification when utilizing these modes – and likewise the sub-10 megapixel decision photos which might be recorded.
There isn’t any built-in flash offered on the Leica Q3, though there’s a offered hotshoe for the addition of flash, ought to that be required.
As you’d most likely count on of a Leica digital camera, handbook specializing in the Q3 is a veritable pleasure, though the technique of switching between AF and MF is kind of delicate and initially properly hidden.
Switching to handbook focus happens by way of a fingernail press of the so tiny you’ll miss it lever on the lens itself, that in flip permits the lens ring to maneuver (it’s ‘caught’ in place in auto mode) and handbook distance markings on mentioned barrel to be chosen, whereby the digital camera gives the consumer with an enlarged portion of the topic on-screen, permitting focus to be extra critically decided.
Auto-focusing on this new Q-series digital camera has taken a giant leap forwards, because it now incorporates a hybrid AF system that features part detection in addition to distinction detection pixels., offering increased pace (5x quicker than the Q2) and better precision when focusing and monitoring objects.
Curiously, it moreover employs Panasonic’s depth from defocus system to construct up a depth map of the scene to additional improve the AF.
In one other first for the Q-series and Leica cameras on the whole, the Q3 advantages enormously from the addition of clever topic recognition.
It is a fairly easy system by trendy requirements that solely recognises the eyes, faces and our bodies of individuals plus animals, with two relatively complicated choices buried on the backside of the AF Mode menu – the primary possibility is Eye/face/Physique Detection and the second is Eye/Face/Physique + Animal Detection (why is not animal detection separate?) – however at the least it is a good begin that works properly in observe.
Leica digital camera have by no means been notably famend for his or her blistering steady capturing charges, and the Q3 is actually no exception to that rule.
Whereas on paper it gives as much as 15fps bursts, the truth is that the main focus and publicity are locked on the first body till you drop right down to a relatively extra pedestrian 4fps. The buffer is at the least 63 photographs in RAW, although, so you possibly can at the least shoot for a very long time at 4fps earlier than that price slows down.
Some photographers can also argue that 4fps is greater than quick sufficient for a road digital camera with a 28mm lens, particularly as the wonderful autofocus system might be employed on the identical time.
The Q3 has each a mechanical shutter that gives speeds between 120sec to 1/2000sec and an digital shutter that runs from 1sec to 1/16000sec, with a Hybrid possibility additionally obtainable that routinely switches between them. Flash synchronization is as much as 1/200sec.
This is not only a digital camera for stills, as Leica have included 8K video recording for the primary time ever on any of their fashions. DCI 8K recording is supported at as much as 30p with 4:2:0 10-bit shade when recording internally or at 8-bit when recording externally by way of the micro-HDMI port.
In case you solely want 4K recording, that is offered at as much as 60p with 4:2:2 10-bit shade internally or externally, whereas Full HD runs as much as 120p for gradual movement playback.
Different key video options embrace ProRes recording at 1080/60p, Leica’s L-log profile, and LUT compatibility. The Q3 would not have a microphone socket, although, as an alternative counting on its new USB-C port to permit an audio enter.
This new port will also be used to cost the digital camera by way of a powerbank, helpful for extending the battery life when out and about. Speaking of which, the Q3 makes use of a brand new battery, the BP-SCL6, which has a CIPA-rated lifespan of 350 photographs per cost. The Q3 can be nonetheless suitable with the BP-SCL4 battery that was used within the Q2.
The digital viewfinder that sits within the nook of the digital camera has additionally acquired a major improve, with the decision being bumped up from 3.68 megapixels on the Q2 to five.76 on the Q3. It has a 0.79x magnification and both a battery-conserving 60fps or a easy 120fps refresh price for extra life like movement rendering.
One other vital characteristic that we have not seen earlier than on a Leica digital camera is the newly tilting 3-inch LCD touchscreen. This may now be moved each upwards and downwards to go well with working from quite a lot of capturing positions, relatively than fastened in place as on the earlier Q fashions, which makes waist-level and overhead capturing a lot simpler.
The decision has additionally been elevated considerably from 1.04M dots on the Q2 to 1.84M dots on the Q3.
The brand new display screen does relatively spoil the aesthetics of the Q3, nonetheless, because it juts out barely from the rear of the digital camera, interrupting the sleek traces. Nonetheless, that is firstly a photographic software, relatively than an costly decoration, so we will overlook this slight fake pas on Leica’s half.
It has additionally necessitated a restructuring of the controls on the rear of the digital camera. As an alternative of the vertical row of three buttons to the left of the LCD display screen, as per the Q2, the Play and Menu buttons have been moved to above and under the D-pad respectively, with the customisable Perform button shifting alongside the Photograph/Video button.
The opposite exterior change is the shutter button is now threaded to simply accept a mechanical cable launch. In any other case, the incoming Q3 is just about equivalent to the outgoing Q2 by way of its design and management format, so make sure that to take a look at our Leica Q2 evaluation for a full run-down of the way it operates.
The ultimate main innovation on the brand new Q3 is the HGF-DC1 Wi-fi Charging Handgrip, an optionally available accent that when fitted facilitates wi-fi battery charging by way of Qi-compatible charging mats, identical to the Drop XL Wi-fi Charger that Native Union has made particularly for Leica. We did not get to strive one out, but it surely actually sounds intriguing!
Picture High quality
All the pattern photos on this evaluation have been taken utilizing the 60 megapixel Massive setting, which produces a mean picture measurement of round 20Mb for JPEGs and 85Mb for RAW recordsdata.
The Leica Q3 recorded nonetheless photos of wonderful high quality throughout the evaluation interval.
This digital camera produces noise-free JPEG photos at ISO 50 as much as ISO 3200, with some noise showing at ISO 6400. The quicker settings of ISO 12500 by means of to 25000 are nonetheless usable, though we might recommend avoiding each ISO 50000 and 100000 if in any respect potential. The corresponding Uncooked recordsdata have a lot much less apparent color artifacts however are noticeably much less sharp than their JPEG equivalents.
The evening {photograph} was superb, with the utmost shutter pace of 60 minutes permitting you to seize sufficient mild in each scenario, and the Movie Kinds, though restricted in quantity and customisability, do assist you to rapidly change the look of JPEG recordsdata.
Noise
ISO sensitivity might be set between ISO 64 and ISO 100,000 in full-stop increments. Listed here are some 100% crops which present the noise ranges for every ISO setting, with JPEG on the left and RAW on the appropriate.
JPEG
RAW
ISO 50
ISO 50
ISO 100
ISO 100
ISO 200
ISO 200
ISO 400
ISO 400
ISO 800
ISO 800
ISO 1600
ISO 1600
ISO 3200
ISO 3200
ISO 6400
ISO 6400
ISO 12500
ISO 12500
ISO 25000
ISO 25000
ISO 50000
ISO 50000
ISO 100000
ISO 100000
Focal Vary
The Leica Q3’s lens gives a focal size of 28mm in 35mm phrases, as demonstrated under.
Macro
The Leica Q3 gives a Macro setting that lets you concentrate on a topic that’s 17cms / 6.7″ away from the digital camera.
Evening
The Leica Q3’s most shutter pace is 60 seconds within the Guide mode, which is nice information in case you’re critically eager about evening pictures.
Clever Dynamic Vary (iDR)
The brand new Clever Dynamic Vary operate permits an optimization of the darker areas in a JPEG picture, with object particulars grow to be a lot clearer. There are three completely different obtainable strengths, Low, Customary and Excessive, plus Auto and Off settings.
Off
Low
Customary
Excessive
Auto
Movie Kinds
Leica’s Movie Kinds are preset mixtures of various sharpness, distinction and saturation settings, for JPEGs solely. The Leica M11’s 5 obtainable Movie Kinds are proven under within the following collection, which demonstrates the variations between them. You can even tweak the preset kinds as a way to create your individual explicit look, though you possibly can’t create model new ones.
Customary
Vivid
Pure
Monochrome
Monochrome Excessive Distinction
Pattern Pictures
This can be a collection of pattern photos from the Leica Q3 digital camera, which have been all taken utilizing the 60 megapixel Massive JPEG setting. The thumbnails under hyperlink to the full-sized variations, which haven’t been altered in any method.
Pattern RAW Pictures
The Leica Q3 allows customers to seize RAW and JPEG format recordsdata. We have offered some Leica RAW (DNG) samples so that you can obtain (thumbnail photos proven under usually are not 100% consultant).
Pattern Motion pictures & Video
This can be a pattern DCI 8K film on the high quality setting of 8192 x 4320 pixels at 30 frames per second. Please observe that this 10 second film is 400Mb in measurement.
This can be a pattern 8K film on the high quality setting of 7680 × 4320 pixels at 30 frames per second. Please observe that this 10 second film is 405Mb in measurement.
This can be a pattern DCI 4K film on the high quality setting of 4096 x 2160 pixels at 60 frames per second. Please observe that this 10 second film is 790Mb in measurement.
This can be a pattern 4K film on the high quality setting of 3840 x 2160 pixels at 60 frames per second. Please observe that this 10 second film is 790Mb in measurement.
This can be a pattern 1080p film on the high quality setting of 1920 x 1080 pixels at 60 frames per second. Please observe that this 10 second film is 580Mb in measurement.
This can be a pattern 1080p film on the high quality setting of 1920 x 1080 pixels at 120 frames per second. Please observe that this 10 second film is 527Mb in measurement.
Product Pictures
Conclusion
Leica are the final producer standing in terms of making high-end premium fixed-lens compact cameras for fans and professionals – and if that seems like a product area of interest, it is as a result of it most actually is – however fortunately they have not rested on their laurels with the brand new Q3 regardless of the dearth of competitors.
In true Leica style, this new model of the 4 yr outdated earlier mannequin represents an evolution relatively than revolution, however the additions and modifications which were made genuinely enhance on what was already an excellent digital camera.
Chief amongst these just isn’t the 60 megapixel decision or 8K video which is able to certainly garner a lot of the headlines, relatively the incorporation of the tilting LCD display screen and higher-res EVF that add lots to the cameras dealing with and flexibility, and particularly the vastly improved auto-focus system which together with the already spotless handbook focusing makes the Q3 a pleasure to make use of.
Fashionable seamlessly meets conventional with the Leica Q3, which someway manages to keep away from being a hodge-podge of outdated and new concepts to create a digital camera that gives the very best of each worlds.
Traditionalists will nonetheless discover loads to take pleasure in right here, together with the frankly scary consideration to element and impeccable construct high quality, however in case you’re a fan of extra trendy cameras who all the time been turned off by Leica’s method, the Q3 is by far the most certainly providing to vary your thoughts.
That’s, in case you can afford the Leica value of admission, which at £5,300 / $5,995 is each considerably increased than the Q2’s launch value (£4250 / $4995) and excessive sufficient to place most customers off. The perfect recommendation that we can provide might be to lease one and take a look at it out for your self earlier than forking out all that money.
Most individuals will take a look at the price-tag, roll their eyes and immediately dismiss the Q3, however we predict you owe it to your self to at the least take it for a test-drive, if solely to expertise the distinctive Leica method to creating a contemporary but nonetheless conventional digital camera.
Scores (out of 5)
Design
4.5
Options
4.5
Ease-of-use
4.5
Picture high quality
4.5
Worth for cash
3.5
Fundamental Rivals
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Assessment Roundup
Opinions of the Leica Q3 from across the net.
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Introduced on 25 Might 2023, the Leica Q3 is the third iteration of one among Leica’s most-loved cameras. As of now, I’m positive there are a lot of specifications-focused opinions obtainable therefore this evaluation will concentrate on what I deem to be the 5 vital enhancements within the Leica Q3 over the Leica Q2 gleamed over my hands-on consumer expertise during the last 3 days.
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Specs
Digicam sort
Digital 35 mm compact digital camera
Dimensions
130 x 80,3 x 92,6 mm
Weight
Approx. 743 g/658 g (with/with out battery)
Materials
Full metallic housing: magnesium die-cast, leather-based masking, safety sort IP52
Buffer reminiscence
8 GB
Sensor measurement
CMOS-Sensor, 62,39 MP/60,3 MP (complete/efficient)
Storage medium
UHS-II (really helpful), UHS-I, SD/SDHC/SDXC reminiscence card
Working situations
0 °C to +40 °C
Interfaces
ISO accent shoe with extra management contacts for Leica flash models, HDMI jack Sort D, USB 3.1 Gen 2 Sort C as much as 10 Gbps
Tripod thread
A 1/4 DIN 4503 (1/4”) with chrome steel within the basen
Processor
Leica Maestro collection (Maestro IV)
Filter
RGB shade filter, UV/IR filter, no low-pass filter
File codecs
Photograph:DNG™ (uncooked knowledge), DNG + JPG, JPG (DCF 2.0, Exif 2.31)
Video: MP4h.265 / AAC / 48 kHz (16 Bit)h.264 AAC 48 kHz/16 Bit
MOVh.265 / LPCM / 28 kHz (24 Bit)h.264 / LPCM / 28 kHz (24 Bit)ProRes / LPCM / 28 kHz (24 Bit)
Picture decision
DNG™9520 x 6336 Pixel (60,3 MP)7404 x 4928 Pixel (36,5 MP)5288 x 3518 Pixel (18,6 MP)
JPG9520 x 6336 Pixel (60,3 MP)7392 x 4928 Pixel (36,4 MP)5280 x 3512 Pixel (18,5 MP)
File measurement
DNG™: approx. 70 MB, relying on decision and picture contentJPG: relying on decision and picture contentVideo: max. size: 29 min
Coloration depth
DNG™: 14 BitJPG: 8 Bit
Coloration area
Foto: sRGB
Video Decision
C8K (17:9)8192 x 4320
8K (16:9)7680 x 4320
C4K (17:9)4096 x 2160
4K (16:9)3840 x 2160
Full HD (16:9)1920 x 1080
Video body price/bit price
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Lens
Designation
Leica Summilux 28 f/1.7 ASPH., 11 lenses in 9 segments, 3 aspherical lens surfaces
Lens filter thread
E49
Digital zoom
Optionally approx. 1.25x (equal to 35 mm), approx. 1.8x (equal to 50 mm), approx. 2.7x (equal to 75 mm), orapprox. 3.2x (equal to 90 mm)
Picture stabilization
Visible compensation system for photographs and video recordings
Aperture vary
F1.7 to F16 in 1/3 EV increments
Viewfinder/Show
Viewfinder (EVF)
Decision: 5,760,000 dots, 120 fps, magnification: 0.79x at side ratio: 4:3 / 0.76x at side ratio: 3:2, body protection: 100%, exit pupil place: 20.75 mm, setting vary -4/+2 dpt, with eye sensor for computerized switchover between viewfinder and LCD panel, time delay 0.005 s
Show
3” TFT LCD, approx. 1,843,200 dots, 384 ppi, side ratio 3:2, contact panel
Shutter
Shutter sort
Mechanical central shutter or optionally available digital shutter
Shutter speeds
Mech. shutter: 120 s to 1/2000 sElectro. shutter operate: 1 s to 1/16000 sFlash Synchronization: as much as 1/2000 s
Shutter button
Two-stage(1st stage: Activation of the digital camera electronics together with autofocus and publicity metering, 2nd stage: Taking the image)
Self-timer
Delay time: 2s or 12s
Drive Mode
Single, Interval Capturing, Publicity Bracketing
Steady capturing:Steady – 2 fps / 14 bit / AF, Steady – 4 fps / 14 bit / AF:Automated settings (publicity settings in working modes P/A/S, computerized white steadiness and autofocus) are applied individually for every body.
Steady – 7 fps / 14 bit, Steady – 9 fps / 12 bit, Steady – 15 fps / 12 bit:Automated settings (publicity settings in working modes P/A/S, computerized white steadiness and autofocus) are applied for the primary body, and are then utilized for every subsequent body in the identical image collection.
Focusing
Focus vary
30 cm to ∞With macro setting: from 17 cm
Focus mode
Automated or manualWith handbook setting: optionally available magnifying glass operate (Auto Magnification) and edge marking (Focus Peaking) obtainable as focus help
Autofocus system
Hybrid-AF attributable to mixture of distinction metering, depth mapping, and part comparability metering with AF metering factors within the sensor.
Autofocus modes
Clever AF (autonomously selects AFs and AFc), AFs, AFc, AF setting might be saved, optionally available Contact AF
Autofocus metering strategies
Spot (might be shifted), Area (might be shifted and scaled), Multi-Area, Zone (might be shifted), Eye/Face/Physique Detection, Eye/Face/Physique + Animal Detection, Monitoring
Autofocus metering fields
315
Publicity
Publicity metering
TTL (publicity metering by means of the lens), with working aperture
Metering precept
Publicity metering is completed by the picture sensor for all publicity metering strategies (in Dwell View mode and in rangefinder mode)
Publicity metering strategies
Spot, Heart-Weighted, Spotlight-Weighted, Multi-Area
Publicity modes
Program AE mode (P)Aperture-priority mode (A): handbook aperture settingShutter-priority mode (S): handbook shutter-speed settingManual (M): handbook setting for shutter pace and apertureVarious absolutely automated variants (Scene Mode):AUTO, Sport, Portrait, Panorama, Evening Portrait, Snow/Seaside, Fireworks, Candlelight, Sundown, Digiscoping
Publicity compensation
±3 EV in 1/3 EV increments
Automated bracketing
3 or 5 frames, graduations between shoots as much as 3 EV, in 1/3 EV incrementsadditional optionally available publicity compensation: as much as ±3 EV
ISO sensitivity vary
Photograph:Auto ISO 100 bis ISO 100 000Manual ISO 50 bis ISO 100 000
Video:Auto ISO 100 bis ISO 100 000Manual ISO 50 bis ISO 100 000
White steadiness
Automated (Auto), default (Daylight, Cloudy, Shadow, Tungsten, Flash), handbook metering (Grey card), handbook shade temperature settings (Coloration Temperature, 2000 Ok to 11500 Ok)
Flash
Flash unit connector
By way of the accent shoe
Flash sync time
1/2000 s, slower shutter speeds obtainable, computerized changeover to TTL linear flash mode with HSS-compatible Leica system flash models if sync time is undercut
Flash publicity metering
Utilizing center-weighted TTL pre-flash metering with Leica flash models (SF 26, SF 40, SF 58, SF 60, SF 64) or with system suitable flash models, distant managed flash SF C1
Flash publicity compensation
SF 40: ±2 EV in 1/2 EV incrementsSF 60: ±2 EV in 1/3 EV increments
Tools
Microphone
Stereo
Speaker
Mono
WLAN
WLAN operate for connecting to the Leica FOTOS app. The Leica app is out there from the Apple App Retailer™ or the GooglePlay Retailer™.
EU/US/CN:
2,4 GHzIEEE802.11b/g/n: Channel 1–11(2412–2462 MHz)
5 GHzClient mode:(For indoor use solely)IEEE802.11a/n/ac: Channel 36–64 (5180–5320 MHz)
Entry level + shopper mode:IEEE802.11a/n/ac: Channel 149–165 (5745–5825 MHz)
JP:2,4 GHzIEEE802.11b/g/n: Channel 1–11(2412–2462 MHz)
5 GHzAccess level + shopper mode:(For indoor use solely)IEEE802.11a/n/ac: Channel 36–48 (5180–5240 MHz)
Consumer mode:(For indoor use solely)IEEE802.11a/n/ac: Channel 52–144 (5260–5720 MHz)
Most output (e.i.r.p.): <14 dBm, encryption technique: WLAN-compatible WPA™/WPA2™/WPA3™
Bluetooth
Bluetooth Bluetooth 5.0 LE: Channel 0–39 (2402–2480 MHz), most output (e.i.r.p.): 10 dBm
GPS
Not obtainable all over the place attributable to country-specific laws; might be added by way of the Leica FOTOS app. Knowledge is written to Exif header of the image recordsdata.
Menu languages
English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Conventional Chinese language, Simplified Chinese language, Korean
Energy provide
Rechargeable battery(Leica BP-SCL6)
Lithium-ion rechargeable battery, rated voltage: 7.2 V (DC); capability: 2200 mAh (min.), 350 photographs (primarily based on CIPA customary, with All Shows Auto Off = 5 s); producer: Panasonic Power (Wuxi) Co. Ltd., Made in China
Charger(Leica BC-SCL4)
Enter: AC 100–240 V, 50/60 Hz, 0.25 A, computerized switchover; output: DC 8.4 V 0.85 A; producer: Salom Electrical (Xiamen) Co., Ltd., Made in China
Charging by way of USB
Throughout operation: 9 V/3 A (min. 27 W)With digital camera switched off: 5 V/1500 mA (2.5 W or better)
Wi-fi Charging
Optimum efficiency with 9 V chargers (10 W Charging Pad required)
Rated values for enter voltage/energy 7.2 V 2.3 A (battery), 5 V 3.0 A / 9 V 2.5 A (USB)
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