Leica debuts versatile Leica SL2-S for $5,000

Leica Camera introduced the $4,895 Leica SL2-S, with a 24-megapixel full-frame CMOS-BSI sensor and two separate recording modes for photos and videos. The camera offers high-speed shooting at continuous burst rates up to 25 frames per second at full resolution and cinema capabilities encompassing 10-bit 4K and Cine4K video with no recording length limits.

The Leica SL2-S has a newly developed backside-illuminated CMOS full-frame image sensor with a resolution of 24 megapixels plus a 4-gigabyte buffer memory. This enables endless continuous shooting at up to 9 frames per second, where the burst length in JPEG format is only limited by the capacity of the memory cards in the camera’s dual UHS-II card slots. The Leica SL2-S is the first SL model to enable direct tethered shooting with Capture One 21.

The Leica SL2-S captures 10-bit 4:2:2 videos with Leica’s L-LOG gamma profile, at frame rates of up to 60 fps. Through future firmware developments, Leica claims the camera will also support the HEVC video compression standard for internal 10-bit recordings up to 4K/60p directly to the SD card.