The world of digital photography has been shaken once again with an announcement.

A completely new system by Leica, the Leica T (Type 701) has been announced and yet reviews (note reviews and not previews) has started emerging on the web.

I was a bit surprised to read the review of the Leica T on another website before the official announcement from Leica of the new system. Not sure how the timing, especially the time zone has been decided during the veto period. anyway, the new system has been announced and release date also has been announced for early June 2014.

According to the video on the making of of the camera, each unit is hand polished for about 45 minutes, not sure how they will supply demands, again especially the hot announced price of sub $2k. The announced price is 1850 USD for the body alone.

Check out Leica’s website for more infos on this hot sexy and colourful baby that I will certainly be ..

Here are the specs of the new baby:

  • 16MP APS-C CMOS sensor
  • ISO 100-12500
  • 3.7″ 1.3M dot 16:9 touchscreen LCD
  • Twin top-plate control dials
  • Approx 5 fps continuous shooting
  • 1920 x 1080 Full HD movie recording at 30 fps; built-in stereo microphones
  • Built-in Wi-Fi for easy image sharing, and remote control by smartphone or tablet
  • Optional 2.36M dot electronic viewfinder with built-in GPS unit
  • Built-in 16GB memory
  • Brand new Leica T mount
  • 18-56mm f/3.5-5.6 and 23mm f/2 lenses
  • 11-23mm f/3.5-4.5 and 55-135mm f/3.5-4.5 coming later in the year (at photokina 2014)
  • Available in anodized black or natural aluminum finish

 

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