I have never been a fan of touch screens on cameras. You don’t need to take pictures with it, you can just stroke it. It’s hard to describe – without fondling one, you simply shouldn’t be allowed to comment on this camera. It’s really very good, but with a few issues which may or may not matter to you.įirstly, it feels gorgeous. It’s so old now, never sold in great quantities, and has a crappy 16mp 1.5 crop sensor. Theoretically, the T should be complete garbage.
The CL with 18-56 and T with 55-135 fit easily into a Billingham Hadley Small bag, with space for filters, spare batteries and chocolate. This meant no need to change lenses which saves hassle, time and dust getting on the sensor. I had the 18-56 on the CL and the 55-135 on the T. To answer that question, I took my new/old T on my recent trip to northern Scotland, where it and the CL made a really good, lightweight, 2-body setup. Clever strategy from them.Īs someone with a Leica CL and three lenses – the 23mm, 18-56mm and 55-135mm, and a couple of M-lenses with the M-TL adapter, I already had the glass so £359 for a second body seemed too good to resist. He paid full price for an 18mm pancake lens so he’s already teetering on the edge, and Leica got a nice profit from the lens sale. I suspect the chap will be sucked into the vortex of Leica as a result. And the user interface is remarkable – the best touch screen implementation I’ve used for a camera. This is exactly the same reasoning as I used to pick mine up. He told me that he loved the look and build quality of the camera, and it was so cheap it was almost rude not to buy one. I have to say, I really like it in black. What? £300? This hurt a bit as I recently bought a used but excellent condition T from MPB for £359, with just the camera, strap and battery and no box. In the shop was a chap buying a “refurbished” Leica T, complete with box, packaging and all the trimmings, for £300. A big improvement from the somewhat compact (but characterful) old place in Bruton Place. The new place is much more spacious with a nice gallery area, and still smelt of fresh matt white emulsion. I was in the new Leica store in Mayfair, London the other day.
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