Leica M EV1 Mirrorless Camera

A new milestone for Leica, the M EV1 is the first M-system camera to feature an integrated electronic viewfinder rather than a traditional optical rangefinder. This simple-but-significant difference makes the EV1 particularly well-suited to working with ultra-wide and long focal lengths, as well as faster lenses, while still maintaining the classic slim body design, same M lens mount, and proven imaging capabilities from the M11-series of rangefinder cameras.

The EVF also facilitates working with different focusing tools to help in acquiring sharp focus with various lenses:

• Focus Peaking highlights sharp, in-focus areas and edges in bright colors to make it easier to recognize when a subject is in focus.
• Focus Aid/Magnification offers two magnification steps to zoom into the frame and better recognize when details are in focus. This setting can be manually activated via the FN button or set to automatically activate when turning the focus ring of the lens.

• With the optical viewfinder being replaced by an EVF, the former frame selector lever now has a new purpose as an FN button for toggling the focusing aids or digital zoom; a long push on the lever is used to assign a function and short pushes toggle the chosen function on or off.
• Real-time exposure preview allows seeing the effects of exposure and depth of field changes prior to making an exposure.
• Shooting data and exposure information is visible from within the EVF; this information is still relegated to the bottom of the frame, leaving an unencumbered and full-frame image for better composition and focusing accuracy.
• Composition aids, including a grid and a horizon level, can also be seen within the viewfinder.

This unique pixel binning process allows photographers to select 60MP, 36MP, or 18MP output, with each resolution making use of the full sensor area and providing rich 14-bit color. By pixel binning, rather than cropping, the lower resolutions have improved dynamic range and noise levels:

• 60MP: 14 stops of dynamic range, highest resolution
• 36MP: 15 stops of dynamic range, best balance of resolution and noise
• 18MP: 15 stops of dynamic range, lowest noise levels

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