Leica TL

The Leica TL is a new compact system camera with a 16-megapixel APS-C sensor and an upgraded AF system. Manufactured from a single block of aluminium, the Leica TL also offers an innovative touchscreen 3.7-inch display with 1,230k dots, built-in Wi-Fi connectivity, a pop-up flash and hot shoe, 1080p...

The TL costs a cool ￡1450, but this is affordable for a Leica camera – the M costs ￡5000 and the SL, ￡5870.

Review: Leica TL is as luxe as you'd expect

Everybody and his uncle is making compact system cameras these days, but Leica – despite its traditionalist reputation – has embraced the idea more heartily than most.

Leica Summilux-TL 35mm f/1.4 ASPH. Review

If you like the narrower field of view offered by a standard-angle prime, and you shoot with the Leica T, the Summilux-TL 35mm f/1.4 ASPH. ($2,395) is no doubt on your wish list. The lens captures a heck of a lot of light, and while its sharpness suffers as you move away from the center of the frame at f/1.4, it is capable of very crisp images as the aperture is narrowed. It's on the large size for a mirrorless lens, but does a fine job controlling distortion and keeping edges and corners bright. The Summilux is expensive when compared with similar lenses for other mirrorless systems, but that's a complaint you can make about just any Leica product. Devotees of the T in want of a 35mm prime that delivers perfect sharpness from edge to edge need to look at adapted, manual focus lenses. The Summilux-TL offers good performance, but it doesn't excel to the same heights as the very best of lenses. DesignThe Summilux is large for a mirrorless camera, especially for the T (Typ 701). It ...

The Leica Summilux-TL 35mm f/1.4 ASPH. is a fast standard-angle prime for the T mirrorless system, but it's not the company's best lens.

Strong center performance; Very even illumination; No distortion; Wide aperture design; Solid build quality; Damped manual focus ring

A little soft at f/1.4; Slower autofocus; Expensive; Big